EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Rice bran extract; Vitamin B supplement...
to pacify, to break up a fight, to mediate...
to sing...
Pang-uri
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/ti-ki-TI-ki/
FIL: Isang uri ng food supplement na gawa mula sa darak ng palay (rice bran), mayaman sa Vitamin B complex, at karaniwang ibinibigay sa mga bata upang pampagana sa pagkain at panlaban sa sakit na beriberi.
EN: Rice bran extract; Vitamin B supplement
The legendary orange liquid that every Pinoy kid from the 80s and 90s was forced to drink. It's the 'pampagana' (appetite booster) that your mom swore by. The taste was... an acquired one. Now it's a brand, but the word **Tikitiki** itself has become synonymous with any vitamin syrup you give a kid to make them eat their veggies. It's the taste of a healthy, slightly traumatic, Filipino childhood.
Named after the brand 'Tiki-Tiki', which became a genericized trademark. The original source is 'tiki-tiki' or rice bran.
While it is a brand name, it is widely used as a generic term for vitamin B supplements for children in the Philippines.
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🇵🇭 Pinapainom ng nanay ng Tikitiki ang anak niya para ganahan itong kumain.
🇺🇸 The mother gives her child Tikitiki to boost his appetite.
🇵🇭 Amoy Tikitiki ang gamot na ito.
🇺🇸 This medicine smells like Tikitiki.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.