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bakbak

Binukid

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. generic term for frog or toad

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bak‧bak

Etymology 1

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Compare bukbok.

Verb

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bakbak

  1. to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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bakbak

  1. swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies

Anagrams

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Chickasaw

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Etymology

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From the verb bak bak bak aachi (“to make a knocking sound”). Compare Choctaw bakbak, Alabama bakba, Koasati bakba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakbak (alienable)

  1. woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.
    Synonym: aboowa boꞌliꞌ

Inflection

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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

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Higaonon

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. frog

Maranao

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. hammer

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English bark, with reduplication.

Verb

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bakbak

  1. to bark.

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. bullfrog

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakbak (“peel off, of skin; remove the bark of a tree”). Compare Hokkien 剝／剥 (pak, “to peel”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. act of detaching forcibly
  2. part of an object where the covering was forcibly detached
  3. (colloquial) attack; assault (against someone)
    Synonyms: atake, tuligsa

Derived terms

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See also

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Adjective

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bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. detached; decorticated; peeled off; scraped off
    Synonyms: puknat, tuklap, talop

Further reading

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

Tiruray

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. hammer
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