malikmata

See also: malik-mata

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• malicmata (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Compare Tagalog malikmata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məlɪkməˈtaʔ/ [mə.lɪk.məˈtaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ma‧lik‧ma‧ta

Adjective

malikmatâ

1. mirage

Noun

malikmatâ

1. juggling; conjuring, or play of the hands with which eye is deceived

Derived terms

• magmalikmata

See also

• tagibulag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• malicmata — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• malik-mata
• salikmata — rare

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik

Tagalog balik

Proto-Austronesian *-um-

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um-

Tagalog -um-

Tagalog bumalikaph.

Tagalog malik

Proto-Austronesian *maCa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata

Proto-Philippine *mata

Tagalog mata

Tagalog malikmata

From malik + mata. The word malik is an archaic apheretic form of bumalik, from balik. Compare Kapampangan malikmata. See also Malay di sebalik mata (“invisible; hidden”, literally “at the back of the eyes”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌlikmaˈta/ [mɐˌlik̠.mɐˈt̪a], /malikˈmataʔ/ [mɐ.lɪk̠ˈmaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧lik‧ma‧ta

Noun

malíkmatá or malikmatà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ)

1. someone or something perceived to be someone or something but on the contrary; someone or something mistaken for someone or something

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

2. phantasm; illusion; visual deception

   Synonyms: kini-kinita, ilusyon, aparisyon, pantasmagorya

3. anything that has properties to morph or change form

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

4. an amulet that gives invisibility

   Synonyms: tagabulag, tagibulag

5. power of invisibility

   Synonyms: tagabulag, tagibulag

6. sleight of hand

   Synonym: salamangka

7. (obsolete) concealment; disguising [16th–17th c.]

Derived terms

• ipagmalikmata
• magmalikmata
• mamalikmata
• pagmalikmata
• pagmalikmataan

See also

• anting-anting

Further reading

• “malikmata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 750
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 256: “Diſimularſe) Malicmata(pc) o disfraçarſe de lo que es”