bukbok

• IPA^(key): /ˈbukbok/ [ˈbuk.bok]
• Hyphenation: buk‧bok

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).

bukbok

1. a woodboring beetle
2. a flour beetle

Possibly onomatopoeic.

bukbok

1. to beat, to clobber

   Kung dili na nimo undangon karon dayon, bukbokan tika 'ron!

   If you don't stop that right now, I'll have to beat you!

2. to maul

   Luoya ni Dodong oi! Nabukbokan man siya gahapon.

   Poor Dodong! He was mauled yesterday.

• kubkob

• Hyphenation: buk‧bók
• IPA^(key): /bukˈbuk/, [bʊkˈbok]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).

bukbók

1. grain beetle
2. rice weevil
3. wood grub
4. woodborer

From Proto-Philippine *bukbuk (“to pour out”).

bukbók

1. pouring out of something

   Synonym: belleng

bukbók

1. woodborer

• bocboc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”). Compare Cebuano bukbok, Ilocano bukbok, Masbatenyo bukbok, and Malay bubuk.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bukˈbok/ [bʊkˈbok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: buk‧bok

bukbók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. rice weevil
2. wood grub; wood dust
3. woodborer; wood tick
4. tooth decay

• bukbukin

• kubkob