bukong

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧kong

Noun

bukong

1. unhusked coconut shell

Verb

bukong

1. to deliberately avoid payment for public transport

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈkoŋ/ [bʊˈxoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: bu‧kong

Noun

bukóng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

1. (anatomy) joint (of bones)

See also

• bukong-bukong

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbukoŋ/ [ˈbuː.xoŋ]
• Rhymes: -ukoŋ
• Syllabification: bu‧kong

Noun

bukong (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. magic incantation

   Synonym: bulong

2. enchantment; magic

   Synonyms: engkanto, mahiya, mahika

Derived terms

• bukungan
• bukungin
• mabukong
• magbukong
• mambubukong
• mambukong
• mamumukong

 

Further reading

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