Borrowed fromHokkien新客(sin-kheh,“newcomer”). CompareMalaysengkek,Indonesiansingkek, andJavaneseꦱꦶꦁꦏꦺꦏ꧀(singkék).
singkî (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
- greenhorn;beginner
- Synonym:baguhan
- akind ofchildren'sgame(similar tosintak)
singkî (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
- inexperienced;unskilled;amateurish
- Synonym:baguhan
- “singki”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, inPacific Linguistics, volume B, number71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University,page133