manok

Acehnese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /manɔʔ/

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

• manokan

Anagrams

• namok

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

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

From Proto-Austronesian .

Noun

manok

1. chicken

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈnok/,
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

1. chicken

   Synonym: (childish) kekok

2. (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

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