lalaki

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Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la-laki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈlaki/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki (Basahan spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

  1. a man; a male human
    Coordinate term: babayi

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la-laki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈlaki/
  • Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

  1. male human, especially an adult; a man, boy
    Coordinate terms: babaye (“woman”), ulitaw (“young/unmarried man”)
  2. (by extension) male lover
  3. (by extension) male animal or plant
    Synonym: laki

Adjective

laláki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

  1. male
  2. masculine, boyish
    Synonym: linaki

Derived terms

Central Cagayan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. man

Central Tagbanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. boy, young man

References

  • Robert A. Scebold, Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction : Sociolinguistics, Grammar, and Lexicon (2003)

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. boy; male

Hiligaynon

Noun

lalaki

  1. a man, an adult male

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. man (male human)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /laˈlaki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: la‧la‧ki

Noun

lalaki (plural lallaki)

  1. man (male human)

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈlaki/
  • Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki

  1. man

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. man (male human)

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. man; male

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. man; male

Sundanese

Romanization

lalaki

  1. Romanization of ᮜᮜᮊᮤ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki, with initial reduplication. Compare Aklanon eaki, Bikol Central lalaki, Cebuano lalaki, Casiguran Dumagat Agta lélake, Eastern Bontoc laraki, Kapampangan lalaki, Lindu laki, Madurese ꦭꦭꦏꦼ (lalake), Malay laki (“husband”), Malay lelaki (“male”), Sundanese ᮜᮜᮊᮤ (lalaki), Tetum la'en (“husband”), and Urak Lawoi' ลากี (laki, “husband”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

lalaki (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

  1. man; boy; guy; male person
    Synonyms: (slang) kelot, (gay slang) minola
    Tumakbo ang lalaki.
    The man ran.
  2. (colloquial) other man; male lover
  3. (electronics, mechanics) male connector; male fastener
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

lálakí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

  1. contemplative aspect of lumaki

References

Anagrams

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

  1. male; man

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalakí

  1. male; man
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