bakbak

Binukid

Noun

bakbak

  1. generic term for frog or toad

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bak‧bak

Etymology 1

Compare bukbok.

Verb

bakbak

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

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bakbak

  1. swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies

Anagrams

Chickasaw

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bak.bak/

Noun

bakbak (alienable)

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

Inflection
Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- SingularPluralInclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our") ambakbak
am-bakbak		pombakbak
pom-bakbak		hapombakbak
hapom-bakbak
2nd-person ("thy, your") chimbakbak
chim-bakbak		hachimbakbak
hachim-bakbak
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") imbakbak
im-bakbak

Derived terms
  • bakbak ishkoboꞌ hommaꞌ
  • bakbak ishtoꞌ

Higaonon

Noun

bakbak

  1. frog

Maranao

Noun

bakbak

  1. hammer

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English bark, with reduplication.

Verb

bakbak

  1. to bark.

References
  • 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

Noun

bakbak

  1. bullfrog

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bakˈbak/, [bɐkˈbak]
  • Hyphenation: bak‧bak

Noun

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
  • bakbak-tahong
  • bakbakan
  • bakbakin
  • bumakbak
  • mabakbak
  • makipagbakbakan
  • pagbakbak
  • pambakbak

See also

Adjective

bakbák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔)

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

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

Tiruray

Noun

bakbak

  1. hammer
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