tinikling
English
Noun
tinikling (uncountable)
- A Philippine dance involving hopping in the gaps between moving bamboo poles.
Tagalog
Etymology
From tikling (“species of rail”) + -in-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧nik‧ling
- IPA(key): /tinikˈliŋ/, [tɪ.nɪkˈliŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
Noun
tiniklíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜅ᜔)
- tinikling (native Philippine folk dance inspired by the movements of the tikling bird)
Derived terms
- magtinikling
See also
- kalutang
Further reading
- “tinikling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018