likkem

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Maltese[edit]

Root
l-k-m
1 term

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from loqma (bite, morsel), from Arabic لُقْمة (luqma), with sporadic -k- for -q-. If so, a doublet of laqqam.

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Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

likkem (imperfect jlikkem, past participle mlikkem)

  1. to fix the bait to a fishing rod

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of likkem
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m likkimt likkimt likkem likkimna likkimtu likkmu
f likkmet
imperfect m nlikkem tlikkem jlikkem nlikkmu tlikkmu jlikkmu
f tlikkem
imperative likkem likkmu

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