lamok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.

lamok

1. mosquito

• namok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.

• IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [l̪ɐˈmok]
• Hyphenation: la‧mok

lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)

1. mosquito

lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)

1. to expose oneself to mosquitoes
2. to be surrounded by mosquitoes
3. (figuratively) to mob; (crowd around someone, often with hostility)

• namok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk (compare Fijian namu, Indonesian nyamuk, Javanese lemut, Malay nyamuk).

• Hyphenation: la‧mok
• IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [l̪aˈmok]

lamók

1. mosquito

• namok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.

• IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [laˈmok]
• Hyphenation: la‧mok

lamók

1. mosquito

• lamokon

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.

• IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [lʌˈmok̠̚]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /raˈmok/ [rʌˈmok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: la‧mok

lamók

1. mosquito

• namok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.

lamók

1. mosquito

From French moque.

lamok

1. large mug, goblet

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk. Compare Fijian namu, Indonesian nyamuk, Javanese ꦭꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (lamuk), and Malay nyamuk.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [lɐˈmok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: la‧mok

lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)

1. mosquito

• lamoc, namoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• namok — now dialectal, Marinduque

Possibly borrowed from Malay remuk (“smashed; broken up; crushed into small pieces”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rəmuk (“crumble, fall to bits”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈmok/ [lɐˈmok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: la‧mok

lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. small pieces of gold or silver
2. small change; coins

   Synonyms: barya, mulay, muyag, sensilyo

• lamoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

• “lamok”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “lamok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 430: “Moneda) Lamoc (pc) en pedaçillos para comprar coſas menudas”
  • page 433: “Moſquito) Namoc (pc) qualquiera que ſea el que pica o el del vino”
  • page 471: “Pedaços) Lamoc (pc) de plata o oro quebrado deſpues de auer ſeruido”
  • page 484: “Plata) Lamoc (pc) q̃brada deſpues de auer ſeruido”