likha

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• licha, lic-ha — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

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 Malay 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^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 35

Anagrams

• halik