sampalok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sampaloc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan sampaluk, Javanese ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (cempaluk, “young tamarind fruit”), and Balinese cempaluk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈpalok/ [sɐmˈpaː.lok̚]
• Rhymes: -alok
• Syllabification: sam‧pa‧lok
• Homophone: Sampaloc

Noun

sampalok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. tamarind (tree and fruit)

Derived terms

• sampa-sampalukan
• sinampalukan

Related terms

• Sampaloc

Further reading

• “sampalok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 566: “Tamarindo) Sampaloc (pp) arbol conoçido, lleua vna fruta agria en vaynas largas como habas.”