shiko

intransitive verb

shi·ko | \ shiˈkō\

-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of shiko

(Entry 1 of 2)

: to assume the shiko she shikoed to him as though he had been royalty— F. Tennyson Jesse

shiko

noun

\ "\

plural -s

Definition of shiko (Entry 2 of 2)

: 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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