turok

See also: Turok

Bura Mabang

Etymology

Cognate to turuk (“penis”).

Noun

turok

1. (Kodoi dialect) stick, wand

References

• In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology (in honor of Harold Crane Fleming), edited by John D. Bengtson

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• toroc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tə(n)duk. Doublet of tundok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾok/, [ˈtu.ɾok]
• Hyphenation: tu‧rok

Noun

turok (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜃ᜔)

1. act of piercing with a pointed object (such as a pin or needle)

   Synonyms: tusok, pagtusok, duro, pagduro, sundot, pagsundot

2. act of giving an injection
3. small puncture or hole (made with a pin or needle)

   Synonyms: duro, tusok, sundot

   Synonyms: ineksiyon, pag-iineksiyon

4. (medicine) injection

   Synonym: ineksiyon

5. young stag with horns just beginning to sprout

   Synonym: salindayaw

Derived terms

• iturok
• magpaturok
• magturok
• maturok
• pagturok
• pagtuturok
• paturok
• paturok
• paturukan
• tumurok
• turukan

 

See also

• usa

Further reading

• “turok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018