pikot

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *píkut (forced marriage; to force into marriage)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpikot/ [ˈpi.kot̪]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧kot

Verb

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pikot (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. to force or trap into marriage

Mapun

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Noun

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pikot

  1. horsefly

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *píkut (forced marriage; to force into marriage). Alternatively, borrowed from Hokkien 被告 (pǐ-kò, defendant; accused), according to Manuel (1948). However, Chan-Yap (1980) finds this derivation questionable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pikot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. act of cornering, surrounding, ambushing, or besetting something or someone
    Synonyms: sukol, huli, ipit, piit, ambus, korner, kulong
  2. forcing someone into doing something difficult to get out of (such as marriage)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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pikót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. cornered; surrounded; beset; ambushed
    Synonyms: talikob, kubkob, sukol, salikop, piit, kulong

Further reading

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  • pikot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*píkut”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 44
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 106

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