likkem

Maltese
Root
l-k-m
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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)

  1. to fix the bait to a fishing rod
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