Itik

ducknoun

Alternative meanings

An aquatic bird with a broad bill and webbed feet. It can refer to a live duck, domestic duck, wild duck, or duck meat as food depending on context.

Pronunciation

EE-tik

Root and affixes

Itik is the common word for duck. For duckling, piso sa itik or gamay nga itik may be used depending on context.

Variants or conjugations

duck; duck loanword; duck bird; wild duck; duckling; duck meat

Related words and expressions

bird; chicken; fish; water; pond; farm; egg; food; feather

Meaning and usage notes

Use itik for duck. If talking about duck as food, context usually makes it clear, or you can say karne sa itik. For bird in general, use langgam; for chicken, use manok.