palkonet

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• palconet — nonstandard, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from English falconet, from falcon +‎ -et, from Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falkō (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palkoˈnet/ [pɐl̪.koˈn̪et̪]
• Hyphenation: pal‧ko‧net

Noun

palkonét (Badlit spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. a small or young falcon
2. a falconet any of the various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax