gilik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦭꦶꦒ꧀ (galig, “cylindrical; well developed, well formulated”), from Old Javanese gilig (“full of holes”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gílij (“side, edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡilɪk̚/
• Hyphenation: gi‧lik
• Rhymes: -lɪk, -ɪk, -k

Adjective

gilik (comparative lebih gilik, superlative paling gilik)

1. (dialect) small and long

Further reading

• “gilik”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old Saxon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *galīkaz

Proto-West Germanic *galīk

Old Saxon gilik

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *galīk, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz. By surface analysis, gi- +‎ lik.

Adjective

gilīk (comparative gilīkoro, superlative gilīkost)

1. equal

Declension

Declension of gilik

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	gilīk	gilīk	gilīk	gilīke	gilīku	gilīke
accusative	gilīkana	gilīk	gilīka	gilīke	gilīku	gilīke
genitive	gilīkes	gilīkes	gilīkaro	gilīkarō	gilīkarō	gilīkarō
dative	gilīkumu	gilīkumu	gilīkaro	gilīkum	gilīkum	gilīkum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	gilīko	gilīka	gilīka	gilīku
accusative	gilīkun	gilīka	gilīkun	gilīkun
genitive	gilīkun	gilīkun	gilīkun	gilīkonō
dative	gilīkun	gilīkun	gilīkun	gilīkum

Comparative forms of gilik (weak only)

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	gilīkoro	gilīkora	gilīkora	gilīkoru
accusative	gilīkorun	gilīkora	gilīkorun	gilīkorun
genitive	gilīkorun	gilīkorun	gilīkorun	gilīkoronō
dative	gilīkorun	gilīkorun	gilīkorun	gilīkorum

Superlative forms of gilik

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	gilīkost	gilīkost	gilīkost	gilīkoste	gilīkoste	gilīkostu
accusative	gilīkostana	gilīkost	gilīkosta	gilīkoste	gilīkoste	gilīkostu
genitive	gilīkostes	gilīkostes	gilīkostaro	gilīkostarō	gilīkostarō	gilīkostarō
dative	gilīkostumu	gilīkostumu	gilīkostaro	gilīkostum	gilīkostum	gilīkostum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	gilīkosto	gilīkosta	gilīkosta	gilīkostu
accusative	gilīkostun	gilīkosta	gilīkostun	gilīkostun
genitive	gilīkostun	gilīkostun	gilīkostun	gilīkostonō
dative	gilīkostun	gilīkostun	gilīkostun	gilīkostum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gelīke
  • Low German: gliek, glieks, geliek, liek; glyk (Paderbornisch)
  • → Swedish: gelike

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡilik/ [ˈɡ̠iː.lɪk̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ilik
• Syllabification: gi‧lik

Noun

gilik (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. powdery substance covering rice husks, straws, and blades of some grass (usually causing irritation or itchiness on the skin)
2. mud eaten by milkfish, tilapia, etc. (causing them to taste and smell bad)

See also

• lansa

Anagrams

• kilig