bobok

See also: Bobok

Hungarian

Etymology

bob +‎ -ok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbobok]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧bok

Noun

bobok

  1. nominative plural of bob

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian)
    • IPA(key): /ˈboboʔ/ [ˈbo.bɔʔ]
      • Rhymes: -oboʔ
    • IPA(key): /ˈbobok/ [ˈbo.bɔk̚]
      • Rhymes: -obok
  • Syllabification: bo‧bok

Etymology 1

Possibly a clipping of nina bobo (lullaby)

Verb

bobok

  1. (intransitive, childish) to sleep
    Synonyms: bobokan (also childish), tidur

Noun

bobok (uncountable)

  1. (childish) sleep
    Synonym: tidur
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay bobok. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bobok (active membobok, passive dibobok)

  1. (transitive) to drill a wall, etc.
    Synonyms: bor, gurdi, jara
Derived terms

Old Tupi

Etymology

Reduplication of bok.

Verb

bobok (first-person singular active indicative abobok, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aboboki, noun boboka) (intransitive)

  1. to crack (to form various cracks)[1]

Conjugation

  • mobobok
  • poboboka
  • ybyboboka

References

  1. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Fender assi per diuersas partes”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 137:Aboboc [Abobok]