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Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog palakol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palaˈkol/
- Hyphenation: pa‧la‧kol
Noun
palakól (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
- axe, ax
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), according to Potet (2016).
Pronunciation
Noun
palakól (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
- axe
Further reading
- “palakol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 292