LIKOT

The Tagalog adjective malikot is often used to describe children who keep running about and cannot keep still.

likot
friskiness, restlessness, constant motion

malikot na bata
a frisky kid

malikot ang isip
“restless mind”
= unfocused

malikot ang kamay
“restless hands”
= kleptomaniac, thief

kalikutan, n
constant motion

Sobrang likot.
Moves too much.

Sobrang likot ng bata.
The kid cannot keep still.

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