spelunke

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === spellunk, spelonk, spelonke, spelumpk, spelunc, spelonc === Etymology === From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλῠγξ (spêlŭnx). === 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 21 November 2018.