LIKWA

LIKWA is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

likwa v [c] buy stock with the proceeds of a days sale.
Ígù rang ilikwa ang halin karung adláwa, Todays sales are just enough to buy new stock.
likwalikwa n the system of small-time buying and selling in which the entire capital is tied up in a single days sales and the proceeds go for buying new goods.
v [A12; c] operate a business on this method.
likwad v [AN; c] cleverly deny s.t.
or conceal a truth when ac-cused.
Dì ka makalikwad kay nasáyud na ku, Dont try to be clever and hide anything because I already know.
Ayawg ilik-wad nákù ang hustung kítà, Dont try to conceal exactly what the proceeds are.
a cleverly denying or concealing s.t.
when accused.
likwadlikwad v [A; c1] investigate, cross-examine thor-oughly, turning questions inside out.
Ug likwadlikwárun (ilik-wadlikwad) ang mga pangutána, tingálig maluba ang giakusar, If the questions are turned inside out in the course of the cross-examination, the accused will probably give in.

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