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Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- (anatomy) back
- rear
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈkod/
- Hyphenation: li‧kod
Noun
likód (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)
- (anatomy) back
- Synonym: taludtod
- rear; back; hind
- Synonyms: hurihan, hudyanan
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧kod
- IPA(key): /liˈkod/
Noun
likód (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)
- (anatomy) back (rear side of the body)
- back (that which is farthest away from the front)
- Antonym: atubangan
Anagrams
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- (anatomy) back
Kagayanen
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- (anatomy) back
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- the back
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- the back
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.
Noun
likód
- back; rear
Ratagnon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.
Noun
likód
- back; rear
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud. Compare Bikol Central likod, Brooke's Point Palawano likud, Cebuano likod, Hiligaynon likod, Kiput cut, Maranao likod, Coastal Kadazan hikud and Yami likod.
Pronunciation
Noun
likód (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)
- (anatomy) back
- Synonym: gulugod
- back (part opposite the front)
- Synonyms: likuran, kabila
- rear; hinder part
- Synonyms: huli, hulihan, puwit, puwitan
- reverse side
- Synonyms: kabaligtaran, ilalim
- back (of a chair)
- Synonym: sandalan
- (figurative) person responsible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “likod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*likud”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Yami
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud.
Noun
likod
- (anatomy) back
- rear; back