batok

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk (“cough”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtok/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batók (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. bark (loud utterance by a dog)

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tok
  • IPA(key): /ˈbatok/

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon batok.

Verb

batok

  1. to resist or oppose
  2. to be cold, silent or resentful toward someone in fault

Adjective

batok

  1. opposed

Preposition

batok

  1. as opposed to
  2. versus; against, in opposition to

Etymology 2

Noun

batok

  1. small area different in color from the rest of background

Etymology 3

See balalatok.

Noun

batok (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. (dialectal, Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) Alternative form of balalatok

Hiligaynon

Noun

bátok

  1. objection, protest

Verb

bátok

  1. to resist or oppose

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbatok/
  • Hyphenation: bá‧tok

Noun

bátok

  1. diver

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batok, from Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batok

  1. shell, coconut shell
    Synonym: tempurung

Derived terms

References

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batok

  1. shell, coconut shell
    Synonym: tempurung

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: batok

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • “batok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Etymology

Compare Maguindanao batuk and Malay batuk.

Noun

batok

  1. cough

Verb

batok

  1. to cough

Verb

batok

  1. to identify, to know the real source

Derived terms

  • batobatok (“the real thing; the real culprit”)

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish batog.

Pronunciation

Noun

batok m inan

  1. whip
    Synonym: bicz

Further reading

  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “batok”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 239

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

Noun

batok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) nape
  2. strike on the nape (especially with one's hand)
    Synonym: (Central Luzon) simpangol
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Bikol Central batok.

Pronunciation

Noun

batók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔) (now dialectal, Marinduque)

  1. bark of a dog
    Synonyms: tahol, takin, kahol, (childish) aw-aw, kangkang
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

batok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. cowardice or fear felt by someone in danger
Derived terms

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