tikam

tikam (uncountable)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) Alternative form of tikam-tikam.

From Malay tikam.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtikam/ [ˈt̪i.kam]
• Rhymes: -ikam
• Syllabification: ti‧kam

tikam (active menikam, reflexive passive tertikam, ordinary passive ditikam, imperative tikam, emphatic-jussive tikamlah)

1. to stab

   Synonym: tusuk

• “tikam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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• Rhymes: -am

tikam

1. to stab
2. (colloquial) to randomly select an option

Related to Malay tikam.

• IPA^(key): /ti.kam/
• (with N-prefix) IPA^(key): /ni.kam/

tikam

1. to throw

   Tikam jak benda ya dalam kotak.

   Just throw that thing in the box.