salok

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (to scoop water).[1] Doublet of sandok.

Pronunciation

Noun

salok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. scooping of water (as from a pail, bucket, etc.)
    Synonyms: tabo, pagtabo
  2. scooper; dipper
    Synonyms: pansalok, panalok, tabo, sirok, pansirok, panirok, kadlo, pangkadlo, pangadlo, lumbo
  3. fetching of water (from a well, spring, etc.)
    Synonym: igib
  4. swooping or diving flight (as of a flying kite in the air)
    Synonyms: sisid, sirok, pagsirok
  5. small net-like scoop for catching fish within a fenced-in enclosure (with a spoon-like structure)
    Synonyms: sagap, panagap
  6. small hand net for catching butterflies
    Synonyms: sakyod, panakyod

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saruk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • salok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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