pitik
English: Translation
snap back; flick; spring back
English: Definition
For something bent, stretched, flexed, or otherwise elastically displaced to return suddenly toward its former shape or position through the release of stored tension.
Part of Speech
verb
Example Sentence
Pominitik yo lastiko.
English: Example Sentence
The rubber band snapped back.
Bikol: Example Sentence
pitik
Filipino: Example Sentence
pitik
Notes
Unlike ontot, pitik does not require collision and rebound from another surface. The source of the motion is stored elastic tension within the object itself.
This semantic nucleus is independently well supported: Tagalog pitík denotes a quick flick/snap and has been connected comparatively with Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitik “flick/fillip with the finger.”
Linguistic History
Strong Philippine/Malayo-Polynesian cognate family; compare Tagalog and Cebuano *pitik*. The ancient core appears to involve **short, sudden release motion**, especially flicking or snapping.