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.

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