alikamen

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈkamen/ [ʔɐ.liˈka.men]
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ka‧men

Noun

alikámen (plural al-alikamen, Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. furniture
2. tools

   Synonym: eramienta

3. implements

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈkamen/ [ʔɐ.liˈka.men]
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ka‧men

Noun

alikámen (plural al-alikamen, Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. magic charm; amulet

   Synonyms: anting-anting, babato, tagiruot

References

• Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “alikamen”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎^[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 23