- a variation of Ilocano.
Ilokano
Americannoun
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Ilokanos,
plural
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Ilokano
plural
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Not the least interesting item of our very short stay was a visit to a new house, built and owned by an Ilokano, and equipped with the most recent American plumbing.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
Now and then a little fellow may be seen with a small, very rude bow and arrow, which also is borrowed from the Ilokano since the arrival of the Spaniard.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The Sapao bolo is, in appearance, superior to that of Ilokano manufacture.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The Spaniards and Ilokano in and about Bontoc Province say that it was about fifty years ago that the Spaniards first came to Bontoc.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The Ilokano sent these men a letter, and the Igorot sent a messenger, begging them to come to the help of the pueblo.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
This was a century too early for the country around Manila, which had been better protected and less abused than the provinces to the north where the Ilokanos revolted.
From Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Robertson, James Alexander
There are now eight or ten such women, wives of the resident Ilokanos of Bontoc pueblo, but those whose husbands left the pueblo have reverted to Igorot faith.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The day closed with a baile, given by the Ilokanos living in Bontok.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
There are Tagalogs, Visayans, Bicols, Pampangans, Ilokanos, Cagayanes, etc., etc., to say nothing of the wild people themselves, all speaking different languages; but these can not be said to form one people.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
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