pukpok

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk. Onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpukpok/ [ˈpuk.pok]
• Hyphenation: puk‧pok

Verb

pukpok (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. to pound
2. to pummel

Noun

pukpok

1. the coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• pukpuk

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpukpok/ [ˈpuk.pok]
• Hyphenation: puk‧pok

Verb

púkpók (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. to beat; to batter; to strike or to hit with a paddle or any wooden piece

   Synonyms: puspos, dusmog, rapas

Derived terms

• magpukpok
• pamukpok
• pukpukon

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk.

Verb

pukpok

1. to hammer

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pukˈpok/ [pok̠̚ˈpok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: puk‧pok

Noun

pukpók

1. standard spelling of pokpok

Usage notes

• As per the 2016 Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy, if ⟨o⟩/⟨u⟩ are used two or more times, ⟨o⟩ is used on the last syllable of the word.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pocpoc, pucpuc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• pokpok

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk. Onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pukˈpok/ [pʊk̠ˈpok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: puk‧pok

Noun

pukpók (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. hammering; striking; pounding

Derived terms

• ipampukpok
• ipukpok
• magpukpok
• pagpukpok
• pampukpok
• pukpukin
• pumukpok

Related terms

• pagukpok

See also

• bayo
• bugbog
• bundol
• dikdik
• hampas
• palo
• pokpok

Further reading

• “pukpok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pukpuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI