spelunke

See also: Spelunke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spellunk, spelonk, spelonke, spelumpk, spelunc, spelonc

Etymology

From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλῠγξ (spêlunx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speːˈlunk(ə)/

Noun

spelunke (plural spelunkes)

1. A spelunk; a cave or grotto.
2. (rare) A gravesite; where one is buried.

Descendants

• English: spelunk, spelunc (obsolete)
• Scots: spelunk (obsolete)

References

• “spẹ̄lunk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-21.