bakbak

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Binukid

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. generic term for frog or toad

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bak‧bak

Etymology 1

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Compare bukbok.

Verb

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bakbak

  1. to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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bakbak

  1. swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies

Anagrams

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Chickasaw

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Etymology

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From the verb bak bak bak aachi (to make a knocking sound). Compare Choctaw bakbak, Alabama bakba, Koasati bakba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakbak (alienable)

  1. woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.
    Synonym: aboowa boꞌliꞌ

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Higaonon

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. frog

Maranao

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. hammer

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English bark, with reduplication.

Verb

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bakbak

  1. to bark.

References

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  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tagabawa

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. bullfrog

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakbak (peel off, of skin; remove the bark of a tree). Compare Hokkien (pak, to peel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. act of detaching forcibly
  2. part of an object where the covering was forcibly detached
  3. (colloquial) attack; assault (against someone)
    Synonyms: atake, tuligsa

Derived terms

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See also

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Adjective

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bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. detached; decorticated; peeled off; scraped off
    Synonyms: puknat, tuklap, talop

Further reading

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  • bakbak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tiruray

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Noun

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bakbak

  1. hammer