luklok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• locloc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk (“to sit, be seated”). Compare Kapampangan lukluk (“to sit on”) and Malay duduk (“sitting”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lukˈlok/ [lʊkˈlok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: luk‧lok

Noun

luklók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. assumption of a position; taking over of an office (of an official, minister, etc.)
2. sitting; sitting down

   Synonyms: upo, pag-upo

3. taro leaves; gabi leaves

Derived terms

• iluklok
• luklukan
• lumuklok
• magluklok
• pagluluklok

 

See also

• gabe

Further reading

• “luklok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dukduk₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI