liklik

Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Noun edit

liklik

eagle.

Tok Pisin edit

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Etymology edit

From Ramoaaina liklik.

Noun edit

liklik

A small quantity.

Adjective edit

liklik

Small, little.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
  God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
  →New International Version translation

Usage notes edit

This adjective never takes the suffix -pela.

Derived terms edit

liklik haus

Adverb edit

liklik

Slightly, to a small degree.

References edit

Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN