tikung

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === tekong, tiku (nonstandard, obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Malay tikung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tikuŋ (“curl, bend, curve”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈti.kuŋ/, [ˈt̪i.kʊŋ] Rhymes: -ikuŋ Hyphenation: ti‧kung === Verb === tikung (active menikung, passive ditikung) (intransitive) to corner (to drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space) to turn: (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel (transitive) to change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation (transitive, figurative) to stab (to injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tikuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI