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Dibabawon Manobo
Noun
ebak
- smoke
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping from English evacuate (“to discharge, as of the bowels”). From the late 1980s. Doublet of bakwet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔebak/,
- Hyphenation: e‧bak
Noun
ebak (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜃ᜔)
- (slang) feces; excrement
- Synonyms: dumi, tae
Derived terms
References
- ^ Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
- “ebak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018