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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (“to scoop water”).[1] Doublet of sandok.
Pronunciation
Noun
salok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- scooping of water (as from a pail, bucket, etc.)
- Synonyms: tabo, pagtabo
- scooper; dipper
- Synonyms: pansalok, panalok, tabo, sirok, pansirok, panirok, kadlo, pangkadlo, pangadlo, lumbo
- fetching of water (from a well, spring, etc.)
- Synonym: igib
- swooping or diving flight (as of a flying kite in the air)
- Synonyms: sisid, sirok, pagsirok
- small net-like scoop for catching fish within a fenced-in enclosure (with a spoon-like structure)
- Synonyms: sagap, panagap
- small hand net for catching butterflies
- Synonyms: sakyod, panakyod
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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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