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abok

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Alangan

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Noun

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abok

  1. (anatomy) hair

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Philippine *qabuk, from Proto-Philippine *qabuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabuk.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈbok/ [ʔɐˈbok̚]
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  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: a‧bok

Noun

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abók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. dust
  2. ash; cinder
    Synonyms: abo, titis
  3. powder
    Synonyms: pulbos, polbo

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

  • abok”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qabuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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