Hikap

touch; feel; physical contactnoun / verb

Alternative meanings

touch
feel
physical contact
the act of touching
sensation when touching

Pronunciation

HEE-kap

Root and affixes

Root: hikap. It can express both the action of touching and the physical touch/contact, depending on the sentence.

Variants or conjugations

hikap = touch / to touch
mohikap = will touch / touches
gihikap = was touched
paghikap = act of touching
tukar = to play music

Related words and expressions

kamot = hand
tudlo = finger
pamati = feel / listen, depending on context
tukar = play music
kontak = contact

Meaning and usage notes

Use hikap for physical touch or sense of touch. If “toque” means special style, musical touch, or curfew, the full phrase should be translated because the vocabulary changes.