"Tikwi" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
tíkwì - A bird of prey that resembles a
goshawk; its name is an onomatope in
imitation of its cry.
tikwì n {1} sound made by a hawk.
{2} name given to hawks or buzzards which sound tikwì: the ananangkil and the banug.
v [A; b6] {1} produce such a sound.
Mutikwì ang banug inigkak-itag madágit, The hawk goes tikwì when he spies a prey.
{2} fondle a baby by imitating a hawks sound raising the hand and letting it fall in some part of the body to tickle it in imitation of a preying hawk.
tikwì {3} euphemism for wakwak or unglù.
Mga tikwì nang pamilyáha, That is a family of vampires.
tikwì v [B] get sti?
in death (slang).
Nagtikwì na ang táwung naghíkug sa dihang hindiskubrihan, The man who committed suicide was already sti?
when they found him.
The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.
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