hukbo
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hukbó (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ) (military)
See also
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- hocbo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hukˈbo/ [hʊkˈbo], /hukˈboʔ/ [hʊkˈboʔ]
- Rhymes: -o, -oʔ
- Syllabification: huk‧bo
Noun
hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)
- (military) army; troop; legion
- Synonyms: ehersito, kuwerpo
- (figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers)
- (military) the military
- Synonym: militar
Derived terms
- Hukbalahap
- hukbong bayan
- hukbong-dagat
- hukbong-himpapawid
- hukbong-karagatan
- hukbong-kati
- hukbong-katihan
- hukbong-lakad
- hukbong-pandagat
- hukbong-panghimpapawid
- hukbong-sandatahan
- panghukbo
Further reading
- “hukbo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “hukbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 142
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 25