Meaning of tikwì

n. 1. sound made by a hawk; 2. name given to hawks or buzzards which sound tikwì: the ananangkil and the banug; v. 1. produce such a sound. Mutikwì ang banug inigkakitag madágit, The hawk goes tikwì when he spies a prey; 2. fondle a baby by imitating a hawk’s sound raising the hand and letting it fall in some part of the body to tickle it in imitation of a preying hawk.

v. get stiff in death (slang). Nagtikwì na ang táwung naghíkug sa dihang hindiskubrihan, The man who committed suicide was already stiff when they found him.