absik

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• absic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Compare Pangasinan amsik. The sense “deafening scream” is figurative, based on the loud cries people make when they find their rice infested with termites.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabˈsik/ [ʔɐbˈsɪk̚]

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: ab‧sik

Noun

absík (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. termite

   Synonym: anay

2. (figurative) deafening scream
3. hitting with a branch
4. spikerush (genus Eleocharis)

   Hyponym: alupid

Derived terms

• absikan
• iabsik
• mag-absik
• umabsik

See also

• hiyaw

Further reading

• “absik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (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 93: “Atronar) Abſic [(pc)] T. aboçes a otro, metafe de abſic, vnas hormigas q̃ destruyẽ el arroz, y quãdo lo hallã anſi, dan grãdes boçes de laſtima”
  • page 331: “Golpe) Abſic (pc) de la rama quando la ſueltan”
  • page 433: “Moſcas) Abſic (pc) bermejas o vn jenero de ellas que deſtruyen la hortaliça y el arroz.”

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