bakuna
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vacuna, from vaca.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ku‧na
- IPA(key): /baˈkuna/ [bɐˈku.n̪ɐ]
Noun
bakuna
Verb
bakuna
- to vaccine
- 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)
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)
- (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
Related terms
Further reading
- “bakuna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “bakuna”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025