lamok
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk (compare Fijian namu, Indonesian nyamuk, Javanese lemut, Malay nyamuk).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧mok
- IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [l̪aˈmok]
Noun
lamók
Derived terms
Butuanon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.
Noun
lamok
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [l̪ɐˈmok]
- Hyphenation: la‧mok
Noun
lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
Verb
lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
- to expose oneself to mosquitoes
- to be surrounded by mosquitoes
- (figuratively) to mob; (crowd around someone, often with hostility)
Hiligaynon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [laˈmok]
- Hyphenation: la‧mok
Noun
lamók
Derived terms
Kankanaey
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [lʌˈmok̠̚]
- (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /raˈmok/ [rʌˈmok̠̚]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: la‧mok
Noun
lamók
Masbatenyo
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.
Noun
lamók
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Noun
lamok
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk. Compare Fijian namu, Indonesian nyamuk, Javanese ꦭꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (lamuk), and Malay nyamuk.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [lɐˈmok̚]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: la‧mok
Noun
lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
Alternative forms
- lamoc, namoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- namok — now dialectal, Marinduque
Derived terms
- isip-lamok
- lamukin
- malamok
- nilalamok
- pamatay-lamok
See also
Etymology 2
Possibly borrowed from Malay remuk (“smashed; broken up; crushed into small pieces”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rəmuk (“crumble, fall to bits”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈmok/ [lɐˈmok̚]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: la‧mok
Noun
lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)
Alternative forms
- lamoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Derived terms
- lamukin
- lumamok
- malamok
See also
Further reading
- “lamok”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “lamok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 430: “Moneda) Lamoc (pc) en pedaçillos para comprar coſas menudas”
- page 433: “Moſquito) Namoc (pc) qualquiera que ſea el que pica o el del vino”
- page 471: “Pedaços) Lamoc (pc) de plata o oro quebrado deſpues de auer ſeruido”
- page 484: “Plata) Lamoc (pc) q̃brada deſpues de auer ſeruido”