bugbog

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bugbug. Compare Kapampangan bugbug and Hiligaynon bulbog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɡˈboɡ/, [bʊɡˈboɡ]
• Hyphenation: bug‧bog

Noun

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

1. beating; repeated strong blows; pounding; clubbing (by someone)

   Synonyms: hambalos, asod, aldabis, bambu, dakdak

2. wallop; hard blow (by someone)

   Synonym: gulpi

3. injury caused by repeated strong blows (by someone)

Derived terms

• bugbog-sarado
• bugbugan
• bugbugin
• magbugbugan
• mambugbog
• pagbugbog
• pagkabugbog
• pambubugbog
• pambugbog
• pamugbog

 

Adjective

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

1. bruised; badly bruised (from a beating)

Further reading

• “bugbog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bugbug”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary