likha

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखा (lékhā, document; writing), possibly through a noun formation from लिखति (likhati, to scratch; to write), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *rikh₂-é-ti, from *reyk(ʷ)h₂- (to scratch). Compare Hindi लेखा (lekhā, record; account) and Indonesian reka. Doublet of liha.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /likˈhaʔ/ [lɪkˈhaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: lik‧ha

Noun

likhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ)

  1. making; production (of something)
    Synonyms: gawa, paggawa, katha
  2. creation (as by God)
    Synonyms: lalang, paglalang, kreasyon, nilalang
  3. invention
    Synonym: imbento
  4. made-up story; false statement
    Synonyms: katha, akda, katakata
  5. coinage (of a word)
  6. (obsolete) statue of an ancient spirit or god; idol

Derived terms

  • ilikha
  • likhain
  • lumikha
  • Lumikha
  • lumikha
  • makalikha
  • malikhain
  • malikhaing pagsusulat
  • mapanlikha
  • maylikha
  • Maylikha
  • nilikha
  • pagkamalikhain
  • pagkamapanlikha
  • paglikha
  • sangnilikha
  • tagalikha

Adjective

likhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ)

  1. made; produced (by)
    Synonyms: gawa, ginawa, yari
  2. created (as by God)
    Synonyms: lalang, nilalang
  3. invented
    Synonyms: imbento, inimbento
  4. made-up (of a story or statement)
    Synonyms: katha, katakata, gawa-gawa
  5. coined (of a word)

References

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 288
  • Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 35

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