hukbo

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 服務服务 (ho̍k-bū, service).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hukˈbo/ [hukˈbo]
  • IPA(key): /ʔukˈbo/ [ʔukˈbo] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: huk‧bo

Noun

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hukbó (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. army; troop
    Synonym: ehersito
  2. (by extension) the military
    Synonym: militar

See also

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 服務服务 (ho̍k-bū, service).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. (military) army; troop; legion
    Synonyms: ehersito, kuwerpo
  2. (figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers)
  3. (military) the military
    Synonym: militar

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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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