manok

See also: manók, and манок

Acehnese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manɔʔ/

Noun

manok

1. chicken, poultry, fowl

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

1. chicken

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnok/ [maˈn̪ok]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

1. chicken

See also

• maldos
• malpak

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..

Sense 2 is an allusion to betting on a gamecock in a cockfight.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧nok
• IPA^(key): /maˈnok/ [mɐˈn̪ok]

Noun

manók

1. chicken
2. bet; preferred candidate

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manok.

Derived terms

• manokan

Anagrams

• namok

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnuk/ [mɐˈnok]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜨᜳᜣ᜴)

1. bird

   Synonym: manukan

2. chicken

Derived terms

• balay-manok
• manok-balay
• manukan
• talon-manok

 

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*manuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Kankanaey

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /maˈnok/ [mʌˈnok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók

1. chicken

Etymology 2

From mano +‎ -k (“I, me”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈmanok/ [ˈmaː.nok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -anok
• Syllabification: ma‧nok

Interjection

mánok

1. Said when a person will be the first to play a game

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎^[1], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 98

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

1. chicken

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

1. chicken

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk. Compare Bikol Central manok, Cebuano manok, Hawaiian manu (“bird”), Kapingamarangi manuk (“bird”), Malay manuk, Samoan manu (“bird”), and Tetum manu.

Colloquial sense is an allusion to betting on a gamecock on a cockfight.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈnok/ [mɐˈn̪ok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: ma‧nok

Noun

manók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

1. chicken

   Synonym: (childish) kekok

2. (colloquial) bet; preferred candidate (usually in matchmaking or elections)

   Synonym: pambato

Derived terms

• bitukang manok
• kinahig ng manok
• magbalahibong manok
• magmatang-manok
• magsamanok
• manukan
• matang-manok
• palong-manok
• pritong manok
• tulog-manok

 

See also

• sisiw
• tangkal
• tigmamanok
• tilaok

 

Further reading

• “manok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• namok

Tiruray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

1. chicken

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manok

1. chicken

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manók

1. chicken