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

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

See also

• hibok
• kaba
• kabog

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