turok
See also: Turok
Bura Mabang
Etymology
Cognate to turuk (“penis”).
Noun
turok
References
- In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology (in honor of Harold Crane Fleming), edited by John D. Bengtson
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- toroc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tə(n)duk. Doublet of tundok.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuɾok/ [ˈt̪uː.ɾok̚]
- Rhymes: -uɾok
- Syllabification: tu‧rok
Noun
turok (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜃ᜔)
- act of piercing with a pointed object (such as a pin or needle)
- act of giving an injection
- small puncture or hole (made with a pin or needle)
- (medicine) injection
- Synonym: ineksiyon
- young stag with horns just beginning to sprout
- Synonym: salindayaw
Derived terms
- iturok
- magpaturok
- magturok
- maturok
- pagturok
- pagtuturok
- paturok
- paturukan
- tumurok
- turukan
See also
Further reading
- “turok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018