Iloko
English
Proper noun
Iloko
- Synonym of Ilocano (“language”).
Anagrams
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iloco, from Ilocano, from i-<pos:place of origin prefix? + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek / luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o (masculine suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiˈloko/ [ʔɪˈloː.xo]
- Rhymes: -oko
- Syllabification: I‧lo‧ko
Noun
Iloko (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- Ilocano, an ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines situated in northern Luzon
- Synonym: Ilokano
- a member of the Ilocano ethnolinguistic group
- Synonym: Ilokano
- c. 1892, Emilio Jacinto, Kartilya ng Katipunan [Charter of the Assembly (of the Sons of the Nation)]:
- Sa salitáng tagalog katutura’y ang lahát nang tumubo sa Sangkapuluáng itó; sa makatuid, bisaya man, iloko man, kapangpangan man, etc., ay tagalog din.
- With the term "Tagalog" is meant all who were born and raised in this archipelago; as such, even a Visayan, Ilocano, Kapampangan, etc. is also a Tagalog.
Related terms
Proper noun
Iloko (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
Adjective
Iloko (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- belonging to or originating from the Ilocano ethnolinguistic group
- Synonym: Ilokano
Further reading
- “Iloko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018