spelunke
See also: Spelunke
Middle English
Alternative forms
- spellunk, spelonk, spelonke, spelumpk, spelunc, spelonc
Etymology
From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλῠγξ (spêlunx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /speːˈlunk(ə)/
Noun
spelunke (plural spelunkes)
- A spelunk; a cave or grotto.
- (rare) A gravesite; where one is buried.
Descendants
- English: spelunk, spelunc (obsolete)
- Scots: spelunk (obsolete)
References
- “spẹ̄lunk(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-21.