taksil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tacsil — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay taksir (“neglect”), from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /takˈsil/ [t̪ɐkˈsil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: tak‧sil

Noun

taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

1. traitor

   Synonyms: traidor, lilo, sukab, hudas, ahas, ulupong, anay, sulupika, kuhila

2. (obsolete) idiot; fool

Adjective

taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

1. treacherous; traitorous

   Synonyms: lilo, palamara, sukab, mapagkanulo, suwail

2. (obsolete) idiotic; foolish

Derived terms

• kataksilan
• magtaksil
• mapagtaksil
• pagtaksil
• pagtaksilan
• pagtataksil
• palataksil
• taksilin
• tumaksil

 

See also

• balimbing
• budhi
• doblekara
• kanulo

 

Further reading

• “taksil” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “taksil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 159
• Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎^[2], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 358

Anagrams

• talsik, saltik, saklit