Ilocano

American  

[ee-loh-kah-noh] / ˌi loʊˈkɑ noʊ /

Or Ilokano

noun

plural

Ilocanos,

plural

Ilocano

1. a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.

2. the Austronesian language of the Ilocano.

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Etymology

Origin of Ilocano

1830–40; < Spanish, equivalent to Ilok ( o ) the Ilocano name for themselves + -ano -an

Example Sentences

At his embassy interview, Talania was provided an interpreter who spoke Tagalog, not Ilocano, Alice Yu said, which wasn’t ideal for making his case.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

“All our hard work burned,” Rosales told The Associated Press in an interview conducted in Ilocano, her native language.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

“My dad loves making kilawin with the cow’s skin or goat skin,” said Sheldon Simeon, a Hawaiian chef with his own recipe for Ilocano cow skin.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

"They ask me, why? You're an Ilocano, why do you vote for someone else? But my answer is simple. It's because I'm a Filipino."

From BBC • May 5, 2022

In Ilocano and Pangasinan a common introductory form is “What creature of God” or “What thing made by Lord God,” the expression in reality being equivalent to a simple “what.”

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick