BALIKAS ITA NGA ALDAW. The many meanings of nakem [This is a repost. For our rising philosopher, Rex Alejandro, because he asked this in jest.] nakem (1) 1. a critical consciousness 2. a moral standard among Ilokanos 3. the test of someone’s human worth 4. the measure of one’s person 5. the core of one’s being 5. cf. agnakem, manakem, nanakem, pagnakman, nanakman, kinanakem, aginnanakem, panagnakem, makinnakem, inanakem, pagnakeman, makinnakem, nanakman, manaknam, kananakem, pagnaknakman, pagnaknakeman, pakinakem, kinanakman, pakinakmen, agpakpakinakem, nakeman, nakman, inakeman, inakman, painakman, agpainakman, panagpainakman, nainnakman, kinainnakman nakem (2) 1. wisdom 2. knowledge 3. sagacity 4. mental acuity 5. intelligence 6. sagaciousness 7. braininess 8. sapience 9. perspicacity 10. sound judgment 12. reasoning 13. syn. adal, alibtak, aliwatek, ammo, isip, utek, salawitwit, saldet, saliwetwet, saliwitwit, sanut, sansanut, saririt, sarut, sirib, tarem, tuod nakem (3) 1. free will 2. will 3. determination 4. a divine will 5. a divine plan nakem (4) 1. an idea 2. a thought 3. a reflection 4. an opinion 5. a point of view 6. a belief nakem (5) 1. prudence 2. the quality of having a sound judgement 3. the quality of having discretion 4. the quality of being reasonable 5. the quality of having maturity in evaluating things 6. the quality of having discretion 7. cf. nanakem, addaan-nakem, nanakman Source: A Solver Agcaoili, Kontemporaneo a Diksionario nga Ilokano-Ingles, Limitado nga Edision/Contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary, Limited Edition (Undertow Books, 2012; CAS Publishing, 2013), p. 1182.
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