luklok
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- locloc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk (“to sit, be seated”). Compare Kapampangan lukluk (“to sit on”) and Malay duduk (“sitting”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lukˈlok/ [lʊkˈlok̚]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: luk‧lok
Noun
luklók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- assumption of a position; taking over of an office (of an official, minister, etc.)
- sitting; sitting down
- Synonyms: upo, pag-upo
- taro leaves; gabi leaves