Ilocano

English

Alternative forms

• Ilokano

Etymology

Philippine Spanish, from Iloco/Iloko, the native word for the inhabitants of Ilocos + the Spanish suffix -ano. Iloco comes from an old Ilocano prefix i- (“from”), and either lukong (“flat lands”), or luek/look (“bay”). Some suggest that it comes from Tagalog ilog (“river”), but this is highly dubious, for it goes against the customs in naming groups and places; + English region.

Noun

Ilocano (plural Ilocanos)

1. One of the ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Ilocano

1. A language spoken principally on the island of Luzon.

Translations

language

• Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano, Ilokano
• Cebuano: Inilokano
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊洛卡諾語／伊洛卡诺语 (ji¹ lok³ kaa¹ nok⁶ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 伊洛卡諾語／伊洛卡诺语 (yīluòkǎnuòyǔ)

• Finnish: iloko (fi)
• French: ilocano (fr)
• Ilocano: Ilokano, Iloko
• Irish: Ileacáinis f
• Japanese: イロカノ語 (ja) (Irokano-go)
• Khmer: ភាសាអ៊ីឡូកាណូ (phiəsaaʼiiloukaanou)
• Marathi: इलोकानो f (ilokāno)
• Sarikoli: Ilokanu ziv, Ilokano ziv
• Spanish: ilocano (es) m
• Tagalog: Ilokano
• Tajik: Забони илокано (Zaboni ilokano), илокано (ilokano)
• Thai: ภาษาอิโลกาโน

Adjective

Ilocano (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ilocano.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Ilocano

• Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano
• Marathi: इलोकानो (ilokāno)
• Russian: илоканский (ru) (ilokanskij)
• Tajik: Забони илокано (Zaboni ilokano)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ilocano, ilo ⁠

Anagrams

• oolican