salikop

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈlikop/ [sɐˈliː.xop̚], /saliˈkop/ [sɐ.lɪˈxop̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ikop, -op
  • IPA^(key): /saˈlikop/ [sɐˈliː.xop̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ikop
• Syllabification: sa‧li‧kop

Adjective

salikop or salikóp (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜃᜓᜉ᜔)

1. surrounded; encircled

   Synonyms: kulong, kubkob, ligid, pikot, napapalibutan, sinalikop

2. folded together (as of wings of a bird)

   Synonyms: tikom, nakatikom

Noun

salikop (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜃᜓᜉ᜔)

1. junction; place of convergence

   Synonyms: pinagsangahan, pinagsalikupan, pinagtagpuan, tagpuan

2. act of converging, forming an angle or corner (as of roads of rivers)

   Synonyms: tagpo, pagtatagpo

3. surrounding of a place from opposite directions (as of raiding police)

   Synonyms: kulong, pagkulong, kubkob, pagkubkob, pikot, pagpikot

4. closing or folding together (of wings of a bird)

   Synonyms: tikom, tiklop, pagtikom, pagtiklop

5. folding together (as of the hem of a skirt)

   Synonym: balumbon

6. (electricity, neologism) circuit

   Synonym: sirkuwito

Derived terms

• agapayang salikop
• kasalikupan
• pagsalikupan
• panlabas na salikop
• panloob na salikop
• salikupin
• sunurang salikop

 

References

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL