salok
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (“to scoop water”).[1] Doublet of sandok.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsalok/ [ˈsa.lok]
- Rhymes: -alok
- Syllabification: sa‧lok
Noun edit
salok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- scooping of water (as from a pail, bucket, etc.)
- scooper; dipper
- fetching of water (from a well, spring, etc.)
- Synonym: igib
- swooping or diving flight (as of a flying kite in the air)
- small net-like scoop for catching fish within a fenced-in enclosure (with a spoon-like structure)
- small hand net for catching butterflies
Derived terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “salok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/alok
- Rhymes:Tagalog/alok/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script