alikabok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *alik-qabuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabuk.[1] Compare Malay habuk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalikaˈbok/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.xɐˈbok̚]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧ka‧bok

Noun

alikabók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. dust

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*alik-qabuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • alikabok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018