bukbok
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).
Noun edit
bukbok
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly onomatopeic.
Verb edit
bukbok
- to beat, to clobber
- Kung dili na nimo undangon karon dayon, bukbokan tika 'ron!
- If you don't stop that right now, I'll have to beat you!
- to maul
- Luoya ni Dodong oi! Nabukbokan man siya gahapon.
- Poor Dodong! He was mauled yesterday.
Anagrams edit
Ilocano edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).
Noun edit
bukbók
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Philippine *bukbuk (“to pour out”).
Noun edit
bukbók
- pouring out of something
- Synonym: belleng
Derived terms edit
Masbatenyo edit
Noun edit
bukbók
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”). Cognate Cebuano bukbok, Ilocano bukbok, Masbatenyo bukbok.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bukbók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)