shiko
Definition of shiko
-ed/-ing/-s
: to assume the shiko she shikoed to him as though he had been royalty — F. Tennyson Jesse
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Origin and Etymology of shiko
Burmese śikhō (written hrikhō)
shiko
Definition of shiko
-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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