Ilocano

English

Alternative forms

• Ilokano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco +‎ -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiːləʊˈkɑːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌiloʊˈkɑnoʊ/, /ˌiləˈkɑnoʊ/, /ˌɪləˈkɑnoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

Noun

Ilocano (plural Ilocanos)

1. The ethnolinguistic group of the Ilocos Region on the coasts of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Ilocano

1. A language spoken principally on the northwestern coasts of the island of Luzon.

Translations

language

• Asturian: ilocanu m
• Bartangi: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv)
• Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano, Ilokano
• Catalan: ilocà m
• Cebuano: Inilokano
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊洛卡諾語 / 伊洛卡诺语 (ji¹ lok³ kaa¹ nok⁶ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 伊洛卡諾語 / 伊洛卡诺语 (yīluòkǎnuòyǔ)

• Corsican: Lingua ilocano, Ilocano, Lingua ilocana, Ilocanu
• Finnish: iloko (fi)
• French: ilocano (fr)
• Ilocano: Ilokano, Iloko
• Irish: Ileacáinis f
• Japanese: イロカノ語 (ja) (Irokano-go)
• Khmer: ភាសាអ៊ីឡូកាណូ (phiəsaaʼiiloukaanou)
• Marathi: इलोकानो f (ilokāno)
• Oroshori: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv)
• Ossetian: Илокано ӕвзаг (Ilokano ævzag)
• Pashto: ایلوکانو ژبه
• Persian: زبان ایلوکانو
• Sarikoli: Ilokanu ziv, Ilokano ziv
• Shughni: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv)
• Spanish: ilocano (es) m
• Tagalog: Ilokano (tl)
• Tajik: Забони илокано (Zabon-i ilokano), илокано (ilokano)
• Thai: ภาษาอิโลกาโน
• Uyghur: ئىلوكانوچە (ilokanoche), ئىلوكانو تىلى (ilokano tili)
• Wakhi: Ilokano zik, Илокано зик (Ilokano zik)
• Yaghnobi: Илокано зивок (Ilokano zivok)

Adjective

Ilocano (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ilocano.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Ilocano

• Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano
• Marathi: इलोकानो (ilokāno)
• Russian: илоканский (ru) (ilokanskij)
• Tajik: Забони илокано (Zabon-i ilokano)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ilocano, ilo ⁠

Anagrams

• oolican