manok

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See also: manók and манок

Acehnese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

Noun

manok

  1. chicken, poultry, fowl

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

  1. chicken

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnok/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. chicken

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..

Sense 2 is an allusion to betting on a gamecock in a cockfight.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nok
  • IPA(key): /maˈnok/

Noun

manók

  1. chicken
  2. bet; preferred candidate

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manok.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnuk/
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜨᜳᜣ᜴)

  1. bird
    Synonym: manukan
  2. chicken

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*manuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian .

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Kankanaey

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈnok/
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók

  1. chicken

Etymology 2

From mano +‎ -k (“I, me”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanok/
  • Rhymes: -anok
  • Syllabification: ma‧nok

Interjection

mánok

  1. Said when a person will be the first to play a game

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎, volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 98

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian .

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian .

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

  1. chicken

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

  1. chicken

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk. Compare Bikol Central manok, Cebuano manok, Hawaiian manu (“bird”), Kapingamarangi manuk (“bird”), Malay manuk, Samoan manu (“bird”), and Tetum manu.

Colloquial sense is an allusion to betting on a gamecock on a cockfight.

Pronunciation

Noun

manók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. chicken (bird)
    Synonyms: (childish) kekok, (colloquial) tsiken
  2. chicken (meat)
    Synonyms: karneng-manok, (colloquial) tsiken
  3. (colloquial) bet; preferred candidate (usually in matchmaking or elections)
    Synonym: pambato

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “manok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tiruray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian .

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

  1. chicken

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

  1. chicken

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

  1. chicken
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