bugbog

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bugbug. Compare Kapampangan bugbug and Hiligaynon bulbog.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /buɡˈboɡ/, [bʊɡˈboɡ]
  • Hyphenation: bug‧bog

Noun[edit]

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. beating; repeated strong blows; pounding; clubbing (by someone)
    Synonyms: hambalos, asod, aldabis, bambu, dakdak
  2. wallop; hard blow (by someone)
    Synonym: gulpi
  3. injury caused by repeated strong blows (by someone)

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. bruised; badly bruised (from a beating)

Further reading[edit]

  • “bugbog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bugbug”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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