# lamok
## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* namok

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧mok
* IPA: /laˈmok/ [l̪aˈmok]

### Noun

lamók
* mosquito

#### Derived terms

* lamokon
* malamok

## Butuanon
### Etymology

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

### Noun

lamok
* mosquito

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* namok

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈmok/ [l̪ɐˈmok]
* Hyphenation: la‧mok

### Noun

lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
* mosquito

### Verb

lamók (Badlit spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
* to expose oneself to mosquitoes
* to be surrounded by mosquitoes
* (figuratively) to mob; (crowd around someone, often with hostility)

## Hiligaynon
### Alternative forms

* namok

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈmok/ [laˈmok]
* Hyphenation: la‧mok

### Noun

lamók
* mosquito

#### Derived terms

* lamokon

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /laˈmok/ [lʌˈmok̠̚]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /raˈmok/ [rʌˈmok̠̚]
* Rhymes: -ok
* Syllabification: la‧mok

### Noun

lamók
* mosquito

## Masbatenyo
### Alternative forms

* namok

### Etymology

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

### Noun

lamók
* mosquito

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French moque.

### Noun

lamok
* large mug, goblet

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔)
* mosquito

##### Alternative forms

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

##### Derived terms

* isip-lamok
* lamukin
* malamok
* nilalamok
* pamatay-lamok

##### See also

* bangaw
* niknik

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

lamók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)
* small pieces of gold or silver
* small change; coins
    Synonyms: barya, mulay, muyag, sensilyo

##### Alternative forms

* lamoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

##### Derived terms

* lamukin
* lumamok
* malamok

##### See also

* wagas

### Further reading

* “lamok”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “lamok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** 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”