likam

• leccam, lekame, lecam, likame, licame, lichame (dialectal)

From Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līcema, līchama (“body, corpse; trunk”), from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô (“body, bodily frame, corpse”), equivalent to like (“body, lich”) +‎ hame (“covering, case”). Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪkəm/

likam (plural likams)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) The human body.
2. (Britain dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
3. (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.

• lich

• Malik