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Bura Mabang
Etymology
Cognate to turuk (“penis”).
Noun
turok
- (Kodoi dialect) stick, wand
References
- In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology (in honor of Harold Crane Fleming), edited by John D. Bengtson
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tə(n)duk. Doublet of tundok.
Pronunciation
Noun
turok (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜃ᜔)
- act of piercing with a pointed object (such as a pin or needle)
- Synonyms: tusok, pagtusok, duro, pagduro, sundot, pagsundot
- act of giving an injection
- small puncture or hole (made with a pin or needle)
- Synonyms: duro, tusok, sundot
- Synonyms: ineksiyon, pag-iineksiyon
- (medicine) injection
- Synonym: ineksiyon
- young stag with horns just beginning to sprout
- Synonym: salindayaw
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “turok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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