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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilek (“armpit”), cf. Hiligaynon ilok, Ilocano ilek, Tausug iluk.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔilok/
- Hyphenation: i‧lok
Noun
ilok (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- (anatomy) armpit
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ilok.
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Compare Cebuano ilok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔilok/
- Hyphenation: i‧lok
Noun
ilok
- (anatomy) armpit
Limos Kalinga
Noun
ilok
- mosquito
Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
ilok
- mosquito
Old French
Adverb
ilok
- Alternative form of iluec
Q'eqchi
Verb
ilok
- to see
- to look
- to look after, to take care of
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)