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pilak

Aklanon edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Malay perak.

Noun edit

pilak

  1. silver

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pi‧lak
  • IPA(key): /ˈpilak/, [ˈpi.l̪ʌk]

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

From Malay perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, of Khmer origin.

Noun edit

pilak

  1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element
  2. the color silver
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

pilak

  1. harpoon
Quotations edit
Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Garo edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

pilak

  1. all, the whole

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 83

Hiligaynon edit

Noun edit

pilak

  1. silver

Verb edit

pilak

  1. to throw

Karao edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

pilak

  1. money

Limos Kalinga edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

pilák

  1. money
  2. frog

Lubuagan Kalinga edit

Etymology edit

From Malay perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, of Khmeric origin, from Proto-Khmeric [Term?].

Noun edit

pilak

  1. money

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From Malay pirak, obsolete form of perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, possibly of Khmeric origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pi‧lak
  • IPA(key): /ˈpilak/, [ˈpi.lɐk]

Noun edit

pilak (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜃ᜔)

  1. (chemistry, metal) silver
    Synonym: plata
  2. silver (coins)
  3. (medicine, pathology) cataract
    Synonym: katarata

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Tausug edit

Noun edit

pilak

  1. silver

Yakan edit

Noun edit

pilak

  1. silver
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