likot
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liˈkot/ [lɪˈxot̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: li‧kot
Noun
likót (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)
- incessant motion; motility
- overactiveness; excessive agility
- restlessness; fidgetiness
- Synonyms: balisa, kabalisahan, di-pagkapalagay
- (by extension) mischievousness; naughtiness (usually of a child)
- Synonyms: kapilyuhan, kalikutan
- roughness of movement or manners
- toying with something dangerous, prohibited, etc.
- touching, moving, or taking something not one's own
- Synonyms: pakialam, pakikialam
Derived terms
- anlikot
- kalikutan
- likutin
- lumikot
- malikot
- malikot ang kamay