Talk:lick

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European:

• *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ("tongue")
  • (The change *dn̥- > l- occured in three branches: Lithuanian, Armenian, Latin. Latin dingua was poorly attested. More likely that the original form was *l- and cognate with *leig̑h-.)
• *leig̑h- ("to lick")

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Compare:

• Sino-Tibetan:
  • Chinese: 舐/舓/咶/狧/𦧧/𦧇 (shì, OC *ɦljeʔ, "to lick"), 舌 (shé, OC *ɦbljed, "tongue"), 餂 > 舔 (tiăn, OC *l̥eːmʔ, "to lick"), 脷 (lì, Cant. lei6, "animal tongue; (dialectal) tongue")
  • Tibetan: ལྕེ (lce < *ltye, "tongue"), ལྗགས (ljags < *ldyags, (polite) tongue), ལྡག་པ (ldag pa, "to lick")
  • Burmese: လျှာ (hlya, "tongue", /ʃà/), လျက် (lyak, "to lick")
• Tai-Kadai:
  • Thai: ลิ้น (lín, "tongue"), เลีย (lia, "to lick")
  • Lao: ລີ້ນ (lȋːn, "tongue"), ເລັຽ (léː, "to lick"), ລວບ (lûap, "to lick")
• Austro-Asiatic:
  • Vietnamese: lưỡi ("tongue"), liếm ("to lick"), lời ("word"), lém ("glib")
  • Khmer: លិឍ (lɨt, "to lick")
• Austronesian:
  • Malay: lidah ("tongue"), jilat/dilat ("to lick")
• Afroasiatic: *lis- ("tongue"), *lVḳ- ("to lick")
  • Arabic: لسان (lisān, "tongue"), لحس (láHasa, "to lick"), لعق (lá3iqa, "to lick")
  • Hebrew: לָשׁוֹן (laśôn, "tongue"), לִקֵּק (likek, "to lick")
• Kartvelian:
  • Georgian: ლოკვა (lok’va, "to lick")

Hbrug 11:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Slang for theft?

As in the current "devious licks" Internet trend of stealing things from schools. Equinox ◑ 00:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

thumbs down on cunnilingus

the fact that some sex acts involve licking does make lick a natural synecdoche/figure of speech, but that doesn't make cunnilingus a definition of lick. 2603:8001:D300:A631:0:0:0:10D0 23:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

lick to mean something like "loot (n)"

this article https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-say-4-missing-oklahoma-men-were-murdered-dismembered-dumped-in-river/ar-AA1348JL

contains the quote 'Prentice noted that the phrase “hit a lick” is common terminology for engaging in some criminal behavior.' 2603:8001:D300:A631:0:0:0:10D0 23:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)