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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
talikod
- shatterstone (Phyllanthus niruri)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-likud. Compare Tausug taykud. By surface analysis, *ta- + likod (“back”). See also tagilid.
Pronunciation
Noun
talikod or talikód (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)
- act of turning one's back to
- Synonym: pagtalikod
- position of one's body with the back turned (to someone or something)
- (figurative) act of renunciating, disowning, or repudiating
- Synonyms: takwil, pagtatakwil, tatwa, pagtatwa, pagtalikod, waksi
Derived terms
Further reading
- “talikod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*likud § *ta-likud”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary