kiat-kiat

== English == === Alternative forms === Kiat Kiat, Kiat kiat, kiat kiat KiatKiat, Kiatkiat, kiatkiat Kiat-Kiat, Kiat-kiat kiet kiet === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien. See Hokkien 結結 / 结结 (kiat-kiat, “to combine; to fuse; to bear (fruit)”), 桔/橘 (kiat) as in 桔仔/橘仔 (kiat-á, “tangerine; mandarin orange”), 傑傑 / 杰杰 (kia̍t-kia̍t, “outstanding; remarkable; clever”), 結果 / 结果 (kiat-kó, “to bear fruit”), etc. === Pronunciation === (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌkjɛt ˈkjɛt/ === Noun === kiat-kiat (countable and uncountable, plural kiat-kiats) (Philippines) a small hybrid variety of citrus fruit, similar to a small ponkan, clementine, tangerine, mandarin orange, orange, etc. ==== See also ==== == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Kiat-kiat, Kiat kiat, kiat kiat kiet kiet, kiet-kiet kyat kyat, Kyatkyat, kyatkyat, kyat-kyat, Kiyat-kyat Kiyat Kiyat, kiyat kiyat, Kiyatkiyat, kiyatkiyat === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien. See Hokkien 結結 / 结结 (kiat-kiat, “to combine; to fuse; to bear (fruit)”), 桔/橘 (kiat) as in 桔仔/橘仔 (kiat-á, “tangerine; mandarin orange”), 傑傑 / 杰杰 (kia̍t-kia̍t, “outstanding; remarkable; clever”), 結果 / 结果 (kiat-kó, “to bear fruit”), etc. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˌat kiˈat/ [ˌkjat̪ ˈkjat̪̚], /kiˌet kiˈet/ [ˌkjɛt̪ ˈkjɛt̪̚] Rhymes: -at, -et Syllabification: ki‧at-ki‧at === Noun === kiát-kiát (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔) kiat-kiat (a small hybrid variety of citrus fruit, similar to a small ponkan, clementine, tangerine, mandarin orange, orange, etc.) ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === takitaki