wirikwisik
English: Translation
flick water from the hand; sprinkle by hand-flicking
English: Definition
To scatter small droplets of water by repeatedly flicking or shaking them from the fingers or hand, especially to distribute water lightly over a surface. Traditionally used, among other contexts, when lightly moistening fabric.
Part of Speech
verb
Semantic Domain
Physical Actions
Custom tags
Portugal 2000
Notes
Semantic Domain
Physical actions; Water and liquids; Household activities
Morphology
Expressive compound or reduplicative-looking formation involving wirik and wisik.
Notes
The word combines two conceptual components:
wirik — the flicking/shaking motion
+
wisik — the resulting droplet dispersal.
This makes wirikwisik more manner-specific than ordinary wisik.
Wisik is an old independent root, not a derivative of wirikwisik. Proto-Philippine *wisik is independently reconstructible.