hukbo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 服務／服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hukˈbo/ [hukˈbo]
• IPA^(key): /ʔukˈbo/ [ʔukˈbo] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: huk‧bo

Noun

hukbó (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. army; troop

   Synonym: ehersito

2. (by extension) the military

   Synonym: militar

See also

• heneral
• kabo
• korporal
• sarhento
• soldado

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hocbo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 服務／服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hukˈbo/ [hʊkˈbo], /hukˈboʔ/ [hʊkˈboʔ]
• Rhymes: -o, -oʔ
• Syllabification: huk‧bo

Noun

hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. (military) army; troop; legion

   Synonyms: ehersito, kuwerpo

2. (figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers)
3. (military) the military

   Synonym: militar

Derived terms

• Hukbalahap
• hukbong bayan
• hukbong-dagat
• hukbong-himpapawid
• hukbong-karagatan
• hukbong-kati
• hukbong-katihan
• hukbong-lakad
• hukbong-pandagat
• hukbong-panghimpapawid
• hukbong-sandatahan
• panghukbo

 

Further reading

• “hukbo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “hukbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 142
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 25

Anagrams

• buhok