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English
Proper noun
Iloko
- Synonym of Ilocano (“language”)
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iloco, from Ilocano, from i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek / luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o. See also Ilocano Iloko, Spanish Yloca / Yloco, tagalo / tagala, pampango / pampanga, ilongo / ilonga.
Pronunciation
Noun
Iloko (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- Ilocano, an ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines situated in northern Luzon
- Synonym: Ilokano
- a member of the Ilocano ethnolinguistic group
- Synonym: Ilokano
c. 1892, Emilio Jacinto, Kartilya ng Katipunan [Charter of the Assembly (of the Sons of the Nation)]:Sa salitáng tagalog katutura’y ang lahát nang tumubo sa Sangkapuluáng itó; sa makatuid, bisaya man, iloko man, kapangpangan man, etc., ay tagalog din.- With the term "Tagalog" is meant all who were born and raised in this archipelago; as such, even a Visayan, Ilocano, Kapampangan, etc. is also a Tagalog.
- Ilocano language
- Synonym: Ilokano
Adjective
Iloko (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- belonging to or originating from the Ilocano ethnolinguistic group
- Synonym: Ilokano
Further reading
- “Iloko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018