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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bak.bak/

Noun

bakbak (alienable)

  1. woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.

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

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

Adjective

bakbák

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

Derived terms
  • bakbakan
  • bakbakin
  • bumakbak
  • mabakbak
  • makipagbakbakan
  • pagbakbak
  • pambakbak

Noun

bakbák

  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

Tiruray

Noun

bakbak

  1. hammer
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