buhok

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək.

Noun

buhok

1. hair (on head)

Asi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun

buhók

1. (anatomy) hair

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈhok/, [buˈhok]
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔok/, [buˈʔok] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: bu‧hok

Noun

buhók (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔)

1. hair

   Magayon an buhok kaiyan na babayi.

   That girl has beautiful hair.

Derived terms

• mabuhok

 

Capiznon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun

buhok

1. hair

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧hok
• IPA^(key): /buˈhok/, [bʊˈhok]

Noun

buhók

1. hair

Derived terms

• buhokon

 

Hiligaynon

Noun

buhók

1. Alternative spelling of bohók

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun

buhók

1. hair

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun

buhók

1. hair

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

Noun

buhók

1. hair

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bohoc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, metathesis from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS. Cognate with Bikol Central buhok, Hiligaynon buhok, Cebuano buhok, Waray-Waray buhok, Kapampangan buak, Pangasinan buek, Ivatan vuk, Ilocano buuk, Maranao bok, and Maguindanao buk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈhok/ [bʊˈhok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: bu‧hok

Noun

buhók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔)

1. hair

Derived terms

• buhok na pugok
• buhok ni Ester
• buhok-buhukan
• buhok-mais
• buhukan
• gabuhok
• gagabuhok
• mabuhok

 

See also

• balahibo
• bulbol

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• hukbo