likar

Borrowed from Esperanto liki, English leak, German lecken. Decision no. 15, Progreso II.

• IPA^(key): /liˈkar/

likar (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, imperative likez)

1. (ambitransitive) to leak

• Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 76, 578

likar

1. present of like

likar

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of likare (“better”)
   • 1996, Frode Viken, “Det går likar no”, performed by D.D.E.:

     Det går likar no, XL-1 og Rett-i-koppen, vi lik' itj å bli narra!

     It's going better now, XL-1 and Rett-i-koppen, we don't like to be foolished!

   • 1985, Hans Rotmo, “Fire fine lænestola”:

     Tenk å værra ein forretningsmainn
     som kainn færra rundt å sælle,
     spise på restaurang
     og sove på hotælle
     (...)
     Det må da værra paradise - finst itj nå' likar da?

     Imagine being a businessman
     who can go around and sell,
     eat on restaurant
     and sleep at the hotel
     (...)
     It must be the paradise - is there anything better?

   • 1698, Jacob Laugesen Bork, Ordsamling fraa Bø i Vesteraalen (a glossary focusing on Lofoten dialect, but having many words from Trøndelag because of author’s origin), Oslo, published 1956:

     ê du int liikar kar

     aren’t you a better guy?

• lik
• likast

likar

1. indefinite plural of like

likar

1. present indicative of lika

• Alrik, kilar, kliar