bakbak
Binukid
Noun
bakbak
- generic term for frog or toad
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bak‧bak
Etymology 1
Compare bukbok.
Verb
bakbak
- to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
bakbak
- swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies
Anagrams
- kabkab
Chickasaw
Etymology
From the verb bak bak bak aachi (“to make a knocking sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bak.bak/
Noun
bakbak (alienable)
- woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae.
Higaonon
Noun
bakbak
- frog
Maranao
Noun
bakbak
- hammer
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From English bark, with reduplication.
Verb
bakbak
- to bark.
References
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Tagabawa
Noun
bakbak
- bullfrog
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bak‧bak
- IPA(key): /bakˈbak/, [bɐkˈbak]
Adjective
bakbák
- detached; decorticated; peeled off; scraped off
- Synonyms: puknat, tuklap, talop
Derived terms
- bakbakan
- bakbakin
- bumakbak
- mabakbak
- makipagbakbakan
- pagbakbak
- pambakbak
Noun
bakbák
- act of detaching forcibly
- part of an object where the covering was forcibly detached
- (colloquial) attack; assault (against someone)
- Synonyms: atake, tuligsa
Tiruray
Noun
bakbak
- hammer