alimatok

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Aklanon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, compare Malay lintah.

Noun

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alimatok

  1. leech

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq. Compare Coastal Kadazan himatok and Tausug alimatuk.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧ma‧tok

Noun

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alimatok

  1. a leech; an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis
  2. a person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion

Chavacano

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Noun

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alimatok

  1. leech