paltok

See also: Paltok

English

Noun

paltok

1. Obsolete spelling of paltock. [14th–16th c.]

Anagrams

• Kaptol, PLOKTA

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈtok/ [pɐlˈt̪ok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: pal‧tok

Noun

paltók (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

1. highland; land high above sea level

   Synonyms: kataasan, gulod

2. sudden jerk upward; sudden snap (as done by a click beetle)
3. sound made by a click beetle when it flips upward
4. sprouting of seeds; germination
5. (figurative) sprout; growth
6. hit with a stick, wood, or knife
7. (dialectal) top; summit (of a hill or mountain)

Derived terms

• paltukin

 

Further reading

• “paltok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018