alakran

See also: Alakran and alakrán

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈkɾan/ [ʔa.l̪aˈkɾan̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧kran

Noun

alakrán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜍᜈ᜔)

  1. scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end)
    Synonyms: amamatak, eskorpyon

Ladino

Alternative forms

Noun

alakran m (Hebrew spelling אלאקראן, plural alakranes)[1]

  1. scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end)
    Coordinate term: aranya
    • 1994, Salamon Bicerano, Relatos i refleksiones‎[1], Gözlem Gazetecilik Basın ve Yayın, →ISBN, page 258:
      En kaminando vido en başo un alakran de plata, lo aronco kon el pie para no pizarlo, subito el solar se avyo i se kayo al subteraneo (bodrum kat) del palasio, […]
      While walking, [someone] saw a silver scorpion on the ground [and] picked it up with his foot so as to not step on it, [when] suddenly the floor opened and he fell into the palace’s underground.

References

  1. ^ “alakran”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalakˈɾan/ [ʔɐ.lɐkˈɾan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧lak‧ran
  • Homophone: Alakran

Noun

alakrán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative form of alakdan

Further reading

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