hukbo
Bikol Central
Noun
hukbô
- army; troops
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- hocbo – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: huk‧bo
- IPA(key): /hukˈbo/, [hʊkˈbo]
- IPA(key): /hukˈboʔ/, [hʊkˈboʔ]
Noun
hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)
- army
- Synonym: ehersito
- (figurative) large group of people (such as workers)
Derived terms
- hukbong-dagat
- hukbong-himpapawid
- hukbong-karagatan
- hukbong-kati
- hukbong-katihan
- hukbong-lakad
- hukbong-pandagat
- hukbong-panghimpapawid
- hukbong-sandatahan
- panghukbo
Anagrams
- buhok