ilok

See also: Ilok

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ilek (“armpit”), cf. Hiligaynon ilok, Ilocano ilek, Tausug iluk.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilok/ [ˈʔi.l̪ok]
• Hyphenation: i‧lok

Noun

ilok (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. (anatomy) armpit

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ilok.

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• irok

Etymology

Compare Cebuano ilok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilok/ [ˈʔi.lok]
• Hyphenation: i‧lok

Noun

ilok

1. (anatomy) armpit

Limos Kalinga

Noun

ilok

1. mosquito

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ilok

1. mosquito

Old French

Adverb

ilok

1. Alternative form of iluec

Q'eqchi

Verb

ilok

1. to see
2. to look
3. to look after, to take care of

Derived terms

• ilonel

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]