sikote

sikote

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chicote (“whip”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ko‧te
• IPA^(key): /siˈkote/, [sɪˈxo.te]

Noun

sikote (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜆᜒ)

1. severe admonishment; beat; strike

   Synonym: hampas

Further reading

• Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, DOI:10.1016/0024-3841(65)90058-6, ISSN 0024-3841
• Quilid, Antonio (1992) La lengua española en cuatro mundos, Madrid, Spain: Editorial MAPFRE, page 157