talikod

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧li‧kod

Noun

talikod

1. shatterstone (Phyllanthus niruri)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• talikor — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-likud. Compare Tausug taykud. By surface analysis, *ta- +‎ likod (“back”). See also tagilid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /taˈlikod/ [tɐˈli.xod]
    • Rhymes: -ikod
  • IPA^(key): /taliˈkod/ [tɐ.lɪˈxod]
    • Rhymes: -od
• Syllabification: ta‧li‧kod

Noun

talikod or talikód (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)

1. act of turning one's back to

   Synonym: pagtalikod

2. position of one's body with the back turned (to someone or something)
3. (figurative) act of renunciating, disowning, or repudiating

   Synonyms: takwil, pagtatakwil, tatwa, pagtatwa, pagtalikod, waksi

Derived terms

• manalikod
• matalikuran
• pagtalikod
• talikdan
• talikodgenic
• talikuran
• tumalikod

 

Further reading

• “talikod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*likud § *ta-likud”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary