tuktok

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tuk‧tok
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuktok/ [ˈtuk.tok]

Noun

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tuktok

  1. knock
  2. mince, chop
    Synonym: tadtad

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tuk‧tok
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuktok/ [ˈt̪uk.t̪ok]

Verb

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tuktok

  1. to knock on something
  2. to strike with the beak

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk (top, summit, crown). Compare Hiligaynon toktok and Sambali toktok. Doublet of tuntong.

Noun

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tuktók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. peak; summit; topmost
    Synonyms: taluktok, tugatog, rurok, kaitaasan, apoheo
  2. top or crown of the head
  3. (euphemistic) brain
    Synonyms: utak, kukote
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk (to knock, pound, beat; crush).

Noun

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tuktók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. knock; knocking (on a door, surface, etc.)
    Synonyms: katok, pagkatok, kalatok, kalatog, kalatag
  2. repeated peck with a beak or bill (of a bird)
    Synonyms: tuka, pagtuka
  3. marks made by repeated pecking
  4. game whereby the heads of two eggs are knocked together and the broken egg holder loses
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Further reading

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  • tuktok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuktuk₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuktuk₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk.

Noun

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tuktok

  1. beak