bakbak
Binukid edit
Noun edit
bakbak
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bak‧bak
Etymology 1 edit
Compare bukbok.
Verb edit
bakbak
- to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Noun edit
bakbak
- swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies
Anagrams edit
Chickasaw edit
Etymology edit
From the verb bak bak bak aachi (“to make a knocking sound”). Compare Choctaw bakbak, Alabama bakba, Koasati bakba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakbak (alienable)
- woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.
- Synonym: aboowa boꞌliꞌ
Inflection edit
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | ambakbak am-bakbak |
pombakbak pom-bakbak |
hapombakbak hapom-bakbak |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chimbakbak chim-bakbak |
hachimbakbak hachim-bakbak | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | imbakbak im-bakbak | ||
Derived terms edit
Higaonon edit
Noun edit
bakbak
Maranao edit
Noun edit
bakbak
Samoan Plantation Pidgin edit
Etymology edit
From English bark, with reduplication.
Verb edit
bakbak
- to bark.
References edit
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Tagabawa edit
Noun edit
bakbak
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakbak (“peel off, of skin; remove the bark of a tree”). Compare Hokkien 剝／剥 (pak, “to peel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- act of detaching forcibly
- part of an object where the covering was forcibly detached
- (colloquial) attack; assault (against someone)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Adjective edit
bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “bakbak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tiruray edit
Noun edit
bakbak