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Binukid
Noun
bakbak
- generic term for frog or toad
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare bukbok.
Verb
bakbak
- to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
bakbak
- swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies
Anagrams
Chickasaw
Etymology
From the verb bak bak bak aachi (“to make a knocking sound”). Compare Choctaw bakbak, Alabama bakba, Koasati bakba.
Pronunciation
Noun
bakbak (alienable)
- woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.
- Synonym: aboowa boꞌliꞌ
Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-
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Singular |
Plural |
Inclusive Tri-Plural
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| 1st-person ("my, our")
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ambakbak
am-bakbak |
pombakbak
pom-bakbak |
hapombakbak
hapom-bakbak
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| 2nd-person ("thy, your")
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chimbakbak
chim-bakbak |
hachimbakbak
hachim-bakbak
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| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")
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imbakbak
im-bakbak
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Derived terms
Higaonon
Noun
bakbak
- frog
Maranao
Noun
bakbak
- hammer
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From English bark, with reduplication.
Verb
bakbak
- to bark.
References
- 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
Noun
bakbak
- bullfrog
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakbak (“peel off, of skin; remove the bark of a tree”). Compare Hokkien 剝／剥 (pak, “to peel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- act of detaching forcibly
- part of an object where the covering was forcibly detached
- (colloquial) attack; assault (against someone)
- Synonyms: atake, tuligsa
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)
- detached; decorticated; peeled off; scraped off
- Synonyms: puknat, tuklap, talop
Further reading
- “bakbak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tiruray
Noun
bakbak
- hammer