bakbak

Binukid

Noun

bakbak

  1. generic term for frog or toad

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bak‧bak

Etymology 1

Compare bukbok.

Verb

bakbak

  1. to hammer; to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bakbak

  1. swaddling; clothing that restrict movement of babies

Anagrams

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English bark, with reduplication.

Verb

bakbak

  1. to bark.

References
  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

Tiruray

Noun

bakbak

  1. hammer
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