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.

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]