tambok
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare Tausug tambuk.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: tam‧bok
=== Noun ===
tambok
adipose tissue; flab
pork rind
=== Adjective ===
tambok
fat, obese, overweight; chubby, plump
(cooking, meat) having much fatty tissue
having a thick body type
(of soil) fertile
=== Verb ===
tambok
to fatten up; to gain weight
=== Quotations ===
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tambok.
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tamboc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambuk (“bulging, as the stomach”). Compare Central Bikol tambok, Cebuano tambok, and Tausug tambuk.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tamˈbok/ [t̪ɐmˈbok̚]
Rhymes: -ok
Syllabification: tam‧bok
=== Noun ===
tambók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)
bulge; protuberance
Synonym: umbok
swelling; swollen part
Synonyms: maga, pamamaga
bulk; bulkiness
Synonym: laki
convexity
Synonyms: umbok, kaumbukan
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“tambok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tambuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI