sampalok
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sampaloc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
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)
- tamarind (tree and fruit)
Derived terms
- sampa-sampalukan
- sinampalukan
Related terms
Further reading
- “sampalok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (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 566: “Tamarindo) Sampaloc (pp) arbol conoçido, lleua vna fruta agria en vaynas largas como habas.”