salok

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (“to scoop water”). Doublet of sandok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsalok/ [ˈsaː.lok̚]
• Rhymes: -alok
• Syllabification: sa‧lok

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

• isalok
• magpasalok
• makasalok
• masalok
• pagsalok
• pagsasalok
• panalok
• pansalok
• pasalok
• salukan
• salukin
• sumalok
• tagasalok

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• kalso, sakol, kalos