"tsiko" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃiː.xo] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtsiko/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡siː.xo] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ [Baybayin], siko [alternative], chico [alternative], chiko [alternative]
Rhymes: -iko Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Classical Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es|chicozapote}} Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote, {{bor|tl|nci|xicotzapotl|nocat=1}} Classical Nahuatl xicotzapotl Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} tsiko (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
  1. sapodilla; Manilkara zapota (tree and fruit) Synonyms: sapodilya Derived forms: amoy-tsiko
    Sense id: en-tsiko-tl-noun-ZUF~lCIC Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Fruits, Sapote family plants Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 67 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 78 17 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 77 18 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 74 21 6 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 78 18 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 81 15 4 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 75 20 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 80 16 4 Disambiguation of Fruits: 75 20 6 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 85 11 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃiː.xo] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtsiko/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡siː.xo] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: tsika [feminine], ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -iko Etymology: Etymology tree Yucatec Maya chiʼikbor. Spanish chicobor. Tagalog tsiko Borrowed from Spanish chico (“boy; kid”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor|es:chico<t:boy; kid>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Yucatec Maya chiʼikbor. Spanish chicobor. Tagalog tsiko [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "boy; kid", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Yucatec Maya", "term" : "chiʼik", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "yua" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "chico", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "tsiko", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="tsiko"> Borrowed from Spanish chico (“boy; kid”). Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+|f=tsika}} tsiko (feminine tsika, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
  1. little boy
    Sense id: en-tsiko-tl-noun-Gpju4wVG Categories (other): Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 37 50 13
  2. friend Synonyms: kaibigan, katoto
    Sense id: en-tsiko-tl-noun-zeSFN8os
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tsikiting, tsikito
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.