bugbog

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bugbug. Compare Kapampangan bugbug and Hiligaynon bulbog.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buɡˈboɡ/ [bʊɡˈboɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -oɡ
• Syllabification: bug‧bog

Noun

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

1. beating; repeated strong blows; pounding; clubbing (by someone)

   Synonyms: hambalos, asod, aldabis, bambu, dakdak

2. wallop; hard blow (by someone)

   Synonym: gulpi

3. injury caused by repeated strong blows (by someone)

Derived terms

• bugbog-sarado
• bugbugan
• bugbugin
• magbugbugan
• mambugbog
• pagbugbog
• pagkabugbog
• pambubugbog
• pambugbog
• pamugbog

 

Adjective

bugbóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

1. bruised; badly bruised (from a beating)

Further reading

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