ebak

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

ebak

1. smoke

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ebs, jebs

Etymology

Clipping from English evacuate (“to discharge, as of the bowels”). From the late 1980s. Doublet of bakwet.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔebak/ [ˈʔɛː.bɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -ebak
• Syllabification: e‧bak

Noun

ebak (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜃ᜔)

1. (slang) feces; excrement

   Synonyms: dumi, tae

Derived terms

• makaebak
• paebakin
• pag-ebak
• umebak

 

Further reading

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