ebak

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

ebak

  1. smoke

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping from English evacuate (“to discharge, as of the bowels”).[1] From the late 1980s. Doublet of bakwet.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔebak/ [ˈʔɛː.bɐk̚]
  • Rhymes: -ebak
  • Syllabification: e‧bak

Noun

ebak (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜃ᜔)

  1. (slang) feces; excrement
    Synonyms: dumi, tae

Derived terms

  • makaebak
  • paebakin
  • pag-ebak
  • umebak

References

  1. ^ Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “ebak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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