tambok

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Tausug tambuk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tam‧bok

Noun

tambok

1. adipose tissue; flab
2. pork rind

Adjective

tambok

1. fat, obese, overweight; chubby, plump
2. (cooking, meat) having much fatty tissue
3. having a thick body type
4. (of soil) fertile

Verb

tambok

1. to fatten up; to gain weight

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tambok.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tamboc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambuk (“bulging, as the stomach”). Compare Bikol Central tambok, Cebuano tambok, and Tausug tambuk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tamˈbok/ [t̪ɐmˈbok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: tam‧bok

Noun

tambók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. bulge; protuberance

   Synonym: umbok

2. swelling; swollen part

   Synonyms: maga, pamamaga

3. bulk; bulkiness

   Synonym: laki

4. convexity

   Synonyms: umbok, kaumbukan

Derived terms

• katambukan
• matambok
• tumambok

 

Further reading

• “tambok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tambuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI