SHIKO


Meaning of SHIKO in English

I. shiˈkō, ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Burmese śikhō (written hrikhō )

: to assume the shiko

she shikoed to him as though he had been royalty — F. Tennyson Jesse

II. noun

( -s )

: a Burmese posture of kneeling with joined hands and bowed head before a superior

bowing, touching the floor with her forehead in the full shiko of utter abasement — George Orwell

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