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shikho

shikho noun: a kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.

Noun

shikho (plural shikhos)

  1. A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.

Verb

shikho (third-person singular simple present shikhos, present participle shikhoing, simple past and past participle shikhoed)

  1. (transitive) To show respect to (a person, etc.) by adopting this posture.

Forms of shikho

Noun
pluralshikhos
Verb
third-person singular presentshikhos
present participleshikhoing
past participleshikhoed
pastshikhoed

Origin of shikho

From Burmese ရှိခိုး (hri.hkui:).

Questions about shikho

What does shikho mean?
Shikho means a kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.
What part of speech is shikho?
Shikho can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of shikho?
The plural of shikho is shikhos.

Words near shikho in the dictionary

  1. Shikhandi
  2. Shikhar
  3. shikhara
  4. shikharas
  5. shikhas
  6. shikho
  7. shikhoed
  8. shikhoing
  9. shikhos
  10. shikigami
  11. shikii

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