"Patikawkaw" is a word in ILOKANO

patikawkaw ILOKANO
Definition:

v. /AGI-/ to explain something in a roundabout way. /MANGI-: I-/ to lead (someone to a place) in a roundabout way. adj. /NA-/ circuitous, roundabout.

Few words of positivity

Mothers tend toward right on most things.

Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

WORD SUGGESTIONS
Laugh your heart out.

There was a communist named Rudolph. One day he looked out the window and said, "It looks like a storm is coming." "No it isn't," said his wife. "Besides, how would you know?" "Because," he responded, "Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."

burdu CEBUANO

burdu v [A; c1] {1} go s.w. in a roundabout, not direct way. Muburdu ta arun dì ta masagatà sa …

Read the complete definition
circuity ENGLISH

A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.

Read the complete definition

A roundabout or indirect way.

Read the complete definition
kalupapis ILOKANO

v. /AGI-: I-/ to do in a roundabout or circuitou. way to do indirectly, to make (one’s speech) circuitous. Ikalkalupapis …

Read the complete definition
liwliw ILOKANO

v. /MANG-:-EN/ to do by a circuitous route, to do in a roundabout way. Mangliwliw kayo nga mapan idiay. Go …

Read the complete definition
manids CEBUANO

mánids v [A] manage a business. -ir() manager. -ir() hiniral n general manager. n manager of a business or boxer. …

Read the complete definition
periphrase ENGLISH

The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

Read the complete definition
riro-riro HILIGAYNON

rirô-rírò - (B) Dim. of rírò. Dúro námon nga riró-rírò—or—dúro ang ámon nga pagrirôrírò túbtub nga nakadángat kamí sa ámon …

Read the complete definition
windlass ENGLISH

A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Read the complete definition