The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*likaw curve, bend, winding

PAN likaw curve, bend, winding

Form.
Kavalan m-rikaw to bend, as a wire or stick, crooked, curved
m-rik-rikaw to curve (as a bay); to wind (as river or road); to coil up; bent
Puyuma ɭikaw curve, bend, winding
WMP
Bontok likáw to make a loop or circle out of something, as a rope or a length of thread; to coil
Kankanaey na-líkaw tortuous; winding; bending in and out; sinuous; meandering
Ibaloy dikaw roundabout, circuitous route, the long way to a place, detour
Pangasinan likáw to go around looking without definite purpose, meander
Ilokano na-líkaw crooked, curved, meandering, roundabout
ag-líkaw-líkaw to go in circles, zigzag
ag-líkaw to go around
Tagalog líkaw coil; roll; a ring or series of rings formed by winding; hank, a coil
Masbatenyo likáw the act of denying or telling a lie
ma-likáw prone to denying or telling a lie
Aklanon likáw to avoid, veer away from
Hiligaynon mag-likáw to shun, avoid, to detour
Kadazan Dusun hikou coil
Lun Dayeh liko passing by, not taking something into account; take an alternate way
Iban likaw streaks, wavy or zigzag lines; streaky, striped
Tae' liko twist, turn; cross one leg over another; be in a curving line, as a mountain range
Tamuan ba-liŋkou to turn
Rejang likaw a bend, a curve (as in a road)
Bikol mag-líkaw to make a turn, detour, deviate; to meander; to avoid, to take the long way around
CMP
Li'o liko around, round about, encircle

PAN pa-likaw (gloss uncertain)

Form.
Kavalan pa-rikaw to cause to bend
WMP
Ilokano pa- líkaw circumference

PPh likáw-en to coil

WMP
Bontok likaw-ən to make a loop or circle out of something, as a rope or a length of thread; to coil
Ilokano likaw-en to surround
Tagalog likaw-ín to coil, to wind into a coil, but not around any object

PPh likáw-likáw (gloss uncertain)

WMP
Pangasinan likáw-líkaw to go around looking without definite purpose, meander
Tagalog likáw-likáw formed into coils

POC liko₂ curve, bend, meander

OC
Bugotu lio-liko be crooked, winding, up and down, of path
Arosi riko cross the hands on the breast
Samoan liʔo circle (as of people), ring (as around the moon)
Tolai liko-liko-i curved, crooked, bent