sampalok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan sampaluk, Javanese ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (cempaluk, young tamarind fruit), and Balinese cempaluk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /samˈpalok/ [sɐmˈpaː.lok̚]
  • Rhymes: -alok
  • Syllabification: sam‧pa‧lok
  • Homophone: Sampaloc

Noun

sampalok (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. tamarind (tree and fruit)

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