detektib

Cebuano

Etymology

From English detective.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧tek‧tib

Noun

detektib

1. (law enforcement) a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator
2. a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English detective.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deˈtektib/ [d̪ɛˈt̪ɛk.t̪ɪb̚]
• Rhymes: -ektib
• Syllabification: de‧tek‧tib

Noun

detektib (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊ᜔)

1. detective; spy

   Synonyms: tiktik, sekreta

Further reading

• “detektib”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018