salok

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (“to scoop water”).[1] Doublet of sandok.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalok/, [ˈsa.lok]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lok

Noun[edit]

salok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. scooping of water (as from a pail, bucket, etc.)
    Synonyms: tabo, pagtabo
  2. scooper; dipper
    Synonyms: pansalok, panalok, tabo, sirok, pansirok, panirok, kadlo, pangkadlo, pangadlo, lumbo
  3. fetching of water (from a well, spring, etc.)
    Synonym: igib
  4. swooping or diving flight (as of a flying kite in the air)
    Synonyms: sisid, sirok, pagsirok
  5. small net-like scoop for catching fish within a fenced-in enclosure (with a spoon-like structure)
    Synonyms: sagap, panagap
  6. small hand net for catching butterflies
    Synonyms: sakyod, panakyod

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*saruk”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading[edit]

  • “salok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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