bakuna

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacuna, from vaca.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ku‧na
  • IPA(key): /baˈkuna/ [bɐˈku.n̪ɐ]

Noun

bakuna

  1. (medicine) vaccine; vaccination

Verb

bakuna

  1. to vaccine
  2. to get vaccinated

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacuna, from vaca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkuna/ [bɐˈku.na]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ku‧na

Noun

bakuna (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜃᜓᜈ)

  1. (medicine) vaccine; vaccination

Derived terms

  • agbakuna
  • bakunaan

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacuna, from vaca.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈkuna/ [bɐˈxuː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: ba‧ku‧na

Noun

bakuna (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓᜈ)

  1. (medicine) vaccine; vaccination
    • 2010, Farm Progress Magazine, Volume 3[1]:
      Dapat ulitin ang bakuna sa mga ibon na walang reaksiyon.
      Vaccination should be repeated to fowls that did not show any reaction.
    • 2019 September 23, Raphael Bosano, “Publiko hinikayat na tangkilikin ang libreng bakuna vs polio”, in ABS-CBN News[2], archived from the original on 30 September 2019:
      Hinikayat ng Department of Health (DOH) ang mga magulang na tangkilikin ang mga libreng bakuna kontra polio, lalo para sa mga batang may edad 5 pababa.
      The Department of Health (DOH) urged the parents to take advantage of the free anti-polio vaccine, especially for the children under the age of 5.

Derived terms

  • bakunahan
  • magbakuna
  • magpabakuna
  • pabakunahan
  • pagbabakuna
  • pagpapabakuna
  • pambakuna

Further reading

  • bakuna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • bakuna”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

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