bundok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk. Compare Kapampangan bunduk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bunˈdok/ [bʊn̪ˈd̪ok̚]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: bun‧dok

Noun

bundók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. mountain
  2. (figurative) large pile; large heap (of something)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: boondock

See also

Further reading

  • “bundok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bunduk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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