lalaki

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• laki
• lalake

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la-laki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈlaki/ [l̪aˈl̪a.ki]

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• Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki (Basahan spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

1. a man; a male human

   Coordinate term: babayi

Derived terms

• kalalakihan
• pagkalalaki

 

See also

• lalaknit

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la-laki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈlaki/ [l̪ɐˈl̪a.kɪ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

1. male human, especially an adult; a man, boy

   Coordinate terms: babaye (“woman”), ulitaw (“young/unmarried man”)

2. (by extension) male lover
3. (by extension) male animal or plant

   Synonym: laki

Adjective

laláki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

1. male
2. masculine, boyish

   Synonym: linaki

Derived terms

• kalalakin-an
• lalakin-on
• lalaking buhat
• linaki
• pakalalaki
• panlalaki
• taglalaki
• taglalakin-an

 

Central Cagayan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. man

Central Tagbanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. boy, young man

References

• Robert A. Scebold, Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction : Sociolinguistics, Grammar, and Lexicon (2003)

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. boy; male

Hiligaynon

Noun

lalaki

1. a man, an adult male

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. man (male human)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /laˈlaki/ [lʌˈlaː.ki̞]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Sabangan) /raˈraki/ [rʌˈraː.ki̞]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: la‧la‧ki

Noun

lalaki (plural lallaki)

1. man (male human)

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈlaki/ [ləˈläː.xi]
• Hyphenation: la‧la‧ki

Noun

laláki

1. man

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. man (male human)

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. man; male

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. man; male

Sundanese

Romanization

lalaki

1. Romanization of ᮜᮜᮊᮤ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki, with initial reduplication. Compare Aklanon eaki, Bikol Central lalaki, Cebuano lalaki, Casiguran Dumagat Agta lélake, Eastern Bontoc laraki, Kapampangan lalaki, Lindu laki, Madurese ꦭꦭꦏꦼ (lalake), Malay laki (“husband”), Malay lelaki (“male”), Sundanese ᮜᮜᮊᮤ (lalaki), Tetum la'en (“husband”), and Urak Lawoi' ลากี (laki, “husband”).

Alternative forms

• lalake

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈlaki/ [lɐˈlaː.xɪ], (colloquial) /laˈlake/ [lɐˈlaː.xɛ]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: la‧la‧ki

Noun

lalaki (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

1. man; boy; guy; male person

   Synonyms: (slang) kelot, (gay slang) minola

   Tumakbo ang lalaki.

   The man ran.

2. (colloquial) other man; male lover
3. (electronics, mechanics) male connector; male fastener

Coordinate terms

• babae

Derived terms

• bakawang-lalaki
• betis-lalaki
• kalalakihan
• lalaking-lalaki
• lalaksot
• maglalaki
• magpakalalaki
• manlalaki
• pagkalalaki
• panlalaki
• sagay-lalaki

 

See also

• lakiyan

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlalaˈki/ [ˌlaː.lɐˈxi]
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlalaˈke/ [ˌlaː.lɐˈxɛ] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: la‧la‧ki

Verb

lálakí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

1. contemplative aspect of lumaki

References

• “lalaki” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “lalaki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• kilala

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalaki

1. male; man

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Noun

lalakí

1. male; man