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Bikol Central[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 服務/服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hukbô
See also[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 服務/服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)
- (military) army; troop; legion
- (figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers)
- (military) the military
- Synonym: militar
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hukbo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “hukbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 142
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 25
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Categories:
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Bikol Central terms derived from Hokkien
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Military