hukbo

== Central Bikol == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hukˈbo/ [hukˈbo] IPA(key): /ʔukˈbo/ [ʔukˈbo] (h-dropping) Hyphenation: huk‧bo === Noun === hukbó (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ) (military) army; troop Synonym: ehersito (by extension) the military Synonym: militar ==== See also ==== == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === hocbo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 / 服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hukˈbo/ [hʊkˈbo], /hukˈboʔ/ [hʊkˈboʔ] Rhymes: -o, -oʔ Syllabification: huk‧bo === Noun === hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ) (military) army; troop; legion Synonyms: ehersito, kuwerpo (figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers) (military) the military Synonym: militar ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hukbo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “hukbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 142 Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 25 === Anagrams === buhok