ebak

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

ebak

  1. smoke

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping from English evacuate (“to discharge, as of the bowels”).[1] From the late 1980s. Doublet of bakwet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔebak/, [ˈʔɛ.bɐk]
  • Hyphenation: e‧bak

Noun

ebak (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. (slang) feces; excrement
    Synonyms: dumi, tae

Derived terms
  • makaebak
  • paebakin
  • pag-ebak
  • umebak

References
  1. Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

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