pamook
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pa- + mook. Also possibly from pang- + book.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pamoˈʔok/ [pɐ.moˈʔok̚]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: pa‧mo‧ok
Noun
pamoók (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜓᜂᜃ᜔)
- fight; scuffle; hand-to-hand combat
- Synonym: pagpapamook
Further reading
- “pamook”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “pamook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.