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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk (“to sit, be seated”). Compare Kapampangan lukluk (“to sit on”) and Malay duduk (“sitting”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luklók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- assumption of a position; taking over of an office (of an official, minister, etc.)
- sitting; sitting down
- Synonyms: upo, pag-upo
- taro leaves; gabi leaves
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “luklok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dukduk₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI