"Likis" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
líkis - To manage or arrange things well for
oneself, know how to get results, gain one’s
point or the like. Maáyo siá maglíkis—
or—sing líkis. He is an adept at arranging
things well. He knows how to get results.
He is very resourceful in whatever he
undertakes. (cf. hímos, híwat, lísto, ábtik,
etc.).
líkis - To take the warp from the warping
board and arrange it on the loom; to coil,
wind (the woven cloth on the cloth-roller).
Likísa ang sináb-ong. Transfer the warp
from the warping board to the loom. Likísa
ang hinabúl. Wind the woven cloth on the
roller (pulugian, purogían). (cf. balólon,
lolón, lókot—to roll up mats; álas—to coil,
wind up ropes).
líkis v {1} [A13B; c] be wound around, cause s.t.
to do so.
Didtuy dakung sawa nga naglíkis sa sanga, There was a big snake wound around the branch.
Ilíkis ug hugut ang písì sa halígi, Wind the rope tightly around the post.
{2} [A; c] put s.t.
all around s.t.
Akuy mulíkis aring mga batu líbut sa punúan sa tanum, Ill put these stones around the base of the plants.
- an() n the beam at the far end of the loom around which the warp threads are wound.
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
An old lady saw a little boy with a fishing-rod over his shoulder and a jar of tadpoles in his hand walking through the park one Sunday. "Little boy," she called, "don't you know you shouldn't go fishing on a Sunday?" "I'm not going fishing, ma'am," he called back, "I'm going home."
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
Read the complete definitionTo bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; …
Read the complete definitionA small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
Read the complete definitionTo render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Read the complete definitionFig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to …
Read the complete definitionThe propounder of a thing.
Read the complete definitionanut n second growth. v [B13(1)6; b4] become a second-growth forest. Ang kaíngin kaniadtu hápit na pud maanut, What was …
Read the complete definitionAR. In the Roman law. A cognomen in the Gens Julia, whlch was nssumed by the successors of Julius. Tayl. …
Read the complete definitionAn American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and …
Read the complete definitionof Garter
Read the complete definitionKnow-how, expertise.
Read the complete definitionOne of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
Read the complete definitionNot voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions.
Read the complete definitionA hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in …
Read the complete definitionOne who, or that which, pinches.
Read the complete definitionAn order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Read the complete definitionof Imperil
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the mesosternum.
Read the complete definitionkáral v {1} [A2S3] rattle, give a clattering sound. Mikáral ang baldi ngadtu sa kanal, The pail fell into the …
Read the complete definitionpalumátay - (H) See paalumátay—to seem—, pretend—, to be dead, etc.
Read the complete definition