tibok

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tibuk (“pound, throb”). Compare Malay timbuk.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈbok/ [t̪ɪˈbok̚]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: ti‧bok

Noun

tibók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. pulse; beat; throb; pulsation (of the heart)
    Synonyms: pintig, pagpintig, pulso, kimbot, pitok, kutob
  2. (figurative) one's interior disposition or feeling
    Synonyms: damdamin, loob, kalooban, niloob

Derived terms

  • itibok
  • magpatibok
  • pagtibok
  • patibukin
  • tibok ng puso
  • tumibok

See also

Further reading

  • “tibok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tibuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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