impok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• impoc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 蔭／荫 (ìm, “to protect; to shelter”) + Hokkien 寶／宝 (pó, “treasure”), according to Manuel (1948). However, Chan-Yap (1980) disagrees that the word comes from the said Hokkien morphemes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔimˈpok/, [ʔɪmˈpok]
• Hyphenation: im‧pok

Noun

impók (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. savings; money saved (for the future)

   Synonyms: ipon, tipid

2. act of saving money for the future; act of accumulating money by thrift

   Synonyms: pag-iimpok, pagtitipid, pag-iipon, pagtitipon, pagdedeposito, paglalagak

3. (obsolete) gift from a father to his infant child (when it is brought to him)
4. (obsolete) poverty

   Synonyms: kahirapan, karalitaan, pagdaralita, karukhaan, pagdurukha, (obsolete) damot

5. (obsolete) thrift; economy
6. (obsolete) act of remaining or staying

Derived terms

• impukin
• mag-impok
• maimpok
• mapag-impok
• pag-iimpok
• pag-impok

 

References

• “impok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 27
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 123