kikay
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kikay
- (Philippines) A flirtatious girl or woman.[1]
- (Philippines) A girl or woman interested in beauty products and fashion.[1]
Usage notes
[edit]- Used attributively as an adjective.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “kikay, n. a.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kikay
- a feminine or stylish girl or woman
- a girl or woman interested in beauty products and fashion
Adjective
[edit]kikay
- belonging to or characteristic of a kikay
- (of a girl or woman) interested in beauty products and fashion; stylishly feminine
Saisiyat
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 器械 (kikai, “powered mechanical device”).
Noun
[edit]kikay
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a clipping of Francisca (female given name) + -ay (diminutive suffix), a diminutive form of Spanish Francisca (female given name).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkikaj/ [ˈkiː.xaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ikaj
- Syllabification: ki‧kay
Noun
[edit]kikay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜌ᜔) (slang)
- stylish woman (specifically one interested in beauty products and fashion)
- flirtatious woman
- term of address to a girl
Adjective
[edit]kikay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜌ᜔) (slang)
- stylishly feminine; girly (of a woman)
- flirtatious
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Tagalog
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- Philippine English
- Cebuano terms derived from Tagalog
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano adjectives
- Saisiyat terms borrowed from Japanese
- Saisiyat terms derived from Japanese
- Saisiyat lemmas
- Saisiyat nouns
- Tagalog clippings
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -ay
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ikaj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ikaj/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
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