bukbok

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbukbok/
  • Hyphenation: buk‧bok

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).

Noun

bukbok

  1. a woodboring beetle
  2. a flour beetle

Etymology 2

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Verb

bukbok

  1. to beat, to clobber
    Kung dili na nimo undangon karon dayon, bukbokan tika 'ron!
    If you don't stop that right now, I'll have to beat you!
  2. to maul
    Luoya ni Dodong oi! Nabukbokan man siya gahapon.
    Poor Dodong! He was mauled yesterday.

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Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: buk‧bók
  • IPA(key): /bukˈbuk/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).

Noun

bukbók

  1. grain beetle
  2. rice weevil
  3. wood grub
  4. woodborer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bukbuk (“to pour out”).

Noun

bukbók

  1. pouring out of something
    Synonym: belleng
Derived terms

Masbatenyo

Noun

bukbók

  1. woodborer

Tagalog

bukbok

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”). Cognate Cebuano bukbok, Ilocano bukbok, Masbatenyo bukbok.

Pronunciation

Noun

bukbók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. rice weevil
  2. wood grub; wood dust
  3. woodborer; wood tick
  4. tooth decay

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