tikom

Compare Isnag ikkam (“to seize and analyze”) and Kankanaey ikem (“to shut up”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tiˈkom/ [t̪ɪˈxom] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -om
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtikom/ [ˈt̪iː.xom] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ikom
• Syllabification: ti‧kom

tikóm (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

1. shut; closed (of one's mouth, eyes, wound, etc.)

   Synonyms: sara, nakasara, pinid, nakapinid

2. folded in (of wings, petals of a flower, etc.)

   Synonyms: tiklop, nakatiklop, ikom, nakaikom

3. already gathered together (of things in a safe place)

   Synonym: likom

tikom (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

1. act of closing one's mouth, eyes, etc.

   Synonyms: pagsasara, pagpipinid, pag-iikom

2. closing (of wings, umbrella, eyes, mouth, etc.)

   Synonyms: sara, pagsara, pinid, pagpinid, ikom, pag-ikom

3. act of gathering things together and putting them in a safe place

   Synonyms: likom, paglikom, paglilikom