kalikot
kalikót with stress marks
slender tube for buyo; poke/stir
Usage Note
Kalikot primarily refers to a thin tube traditionally used with buyo (betel quid), and as a verb it means to poke or stir something with a slender object, or colloquially to rummage through or fiddle with things. The word is mostly encountered in older or rural speech and is useful for understanding literature set in traditional Filipino contexts.
Examples
" Gamitin mo ang kalikot. "
Natural Translation
Use the slender tube.
Literal Translation
Use you the slender-tube.
" Nasaan ang kalikot para sa buyo? "
Natural Translation
Where is the slender tube for the betel chew?
Literal Translation
Where the slender-tube for to-the betel-chew?
" Sa kuwento ng aking lola, hinahanap palagi ng matanda ang kalikot bago magsimulang ngumuya ng buyo. "
Natural Translation
In my grandmother's story, the old man always looked for the slender tube before he began chewing the betel quid.
Literal Translation
In story of my grandmother, looking-for always the old-man the slender-tube before begins chewing of betel-chew.
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