balakubak

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balacobac, balacubac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈkubak/ [bɐ.lɐˈxuː.bɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -ubak
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ku‧bak

Noun

balakubak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃᜓᜊᜃ᜔)

1. dandruff

   Synonyms: (Marinduque) dalikdik, (Marinduque) kulisap

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:balakubak.

Derived terms

• balakubakin
• mabalakubak
• magkabalakubak

 

References

• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 14
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

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