pilak

Akin to Malay perak.

pilak

1. silver

• Hyphenation: pi‧lak
• IPA^(key): /ˈpilak/, [ˈpi.l̪ʌk]

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

From Malay perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, of Khmer origin.

pilak

1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element
2. the color silver

Unknown.

pilak

1. harpoon

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pilak.

• pakli, pikal

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pilak

1. all, the whole

• dimdak
• gimik
• bebak
• -tok-

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 83

pilak

1. silver

pilak

1. to throw

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pilak

1. money

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pilák

1. money
2. frog

From Malay perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, of Khmeric origin, from Proto-Khmeric [Term?].

pilak

1. money

Borrowed from Malay pirak, obsolete form of perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, possibly of Khmeric origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilak/, [ˈpi.lɐk]
• Hyphenation: pi‧lak

pilak (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜃ᜔)

1. (chemistry, metal) silver

   Synonym: plata

2. silver (coins)
3. (medicine, pathology) cataract

   Synonym: katarata

• pilak on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “pilak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Borrowed from Malay pirak, obsolete form of perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, possibly of Khmeric origin.

pilak

1. silver
2. (Malaysia, ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive) illegal immigrant, undocumented immigrant, informal settler especially ones originating from Sulu Archipelago & other parts of the Philippines staying, hiding and running away from the Malaysian authorities in Sabah, Malaysia for deportation
3. (Malaysia, derogatory, offensive) an advocate or supporter of the now defunct Sultanante of Sulu and claim or annexation of Sabah by the Philippines

From Malay pirak, obsolete form of perak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, possibly of Khmeric origin. Compare Tausug pilak.

pilak

1. silver