istrowk
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English stroke, from Middle English strok, stroke, from Old English strāc.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈtɾowk/ [ʔɪsˈt̪ɾoʊ̯k]
- Rhymes: -owk
- Syllabification: is‧trowk
Noun
istrówk (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜏ᜔ᜃ᜔)
- stroke (blow; hit)
- Synonym: hampas
- stroke (single movement with a tool; impact of a tool on an object)
- (tennis) stroke (hitting of a ball with a racket)
- (swimming) stroke (movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water)
- Synonym: kampay
- (medicine) stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted)
- Synonyms: atake, apoplehiya
Further reading
- “istrowk”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “istrok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018