likkem

Maltese

Root
l-k-m
1 term

Etymology

Perhaps from loqma (“bite, morsel”), from Arabic لُقْمة (luqma), with sporadic -k- for -q-. If so, a doublet of laqqam.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪk.kɛm/

Verb

likkem (imperfect jlikkem, past participle mlikkem)

to fix the bait to a fishing rod

Conjugation

Conjugation of likkem
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	likkimt	likkimt	likkem		likkimna	likkimtu	likkmu
perfect	f	likkimt	likkimt	likkmet		likkimna	likkimtu	likkmu
imperfect	m	nlikkem	tlikkem	jlikkem		nlikkmu	tlikkmu	jlikkmu
imperfect	f	nlikkem	tlikkem	tlikkem		nlikkmu	tlikkmu	jlikkmu
imperative			likkem				likkmu

See also

lixka

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