batok

See also: bátok

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk (“cough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtok/ [baˈtok]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batók (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

1. bark (loud utterance by a dog)

Derived terms

• batokon
• magbatok
• pabatok

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tok
• IPA^(key): /ˈbatok/ [ˈba.t̪ok]

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon batok.

Verb

batok

1. to resist or oppose
2. to be cold, silent or resentful toward someone in fault

Adjective

batok

1. opposed

Preposition

batok

1. as opposed to
2. versus; against, in opposition to

Etymology 2

Noun

batok

1. small area different in color from the rest of background

Etymology 3

See balalatok.

Noun

batok (Badlit spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

1. (dialectal, Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) alternative form of balalatok

Hiligaynon

Noun

bátok

1. objection, protest

Verb

bátok

1. to resist or oppose

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatok/ [ˈbɐ.tok]
• Hyphenation: bá‧tok

Noun

bátok

1. diver

Derived terms

• agbatok
• batuken
• bumatok

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batok, from Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.t̪ɔk̚]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batok

1. shell, coconut shell

   Synonym: tempurung

Derived terms

• batok kepala (“skull”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “batok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbatɔk̚]
• Hyphenation: ba‧tok

Noun

batok

1. shell, coconut shell

   Synonym: tempurung

Derived terms

• batok kelapa (“coconut shell”)
• batok kepala (“skull”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: batok

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “batok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Etymology

Compare Maguindanao batuk and Malay batuk.

Noun

batok

1. cough

Verb

batok

1. to cough

Verb

batok

1. to identify, to know the real source

Derived terms

• batobatok (“the real thing; the real culprit”)

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish batog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɔk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔk
• Syllabification: ba‧tok

Noun

batok m inan

1. whip

   Synonym: bicz

Further reading

• Bogdan Kallus (2020), “batok”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 239

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• batoc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuk.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbatok/ [ˈbaː.t̪ok̚]
• Rhymes: -atok
• Syllabification: ba‧tok

Noun

batok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

1. (anatomy) nape
2. strike on the nape (especially with one's hand)

   Synonym: (Central Luzon) simpangol

Derived terms

• batukan
• batukin
• bumatok
• pamatok

Related terms

• balugbog

Etymology 2

Compare Bikol Central batok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈtok/ [bɐˈt̪ok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: ba‧tok

Noun

batók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔) (now dialectal, Marinduque)

1. bark of a dog

   Synonyms: tahol, takin, kahol, (childish) aw-aw, kangkang

Derived terms

• batukan
• mabatok
• magbatok

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbatok/ [ˈbaː.t̪ok̚]
• Rhymes: -atok
• Syllabification: ba‧tok

Noun

batok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. cowardice or fear felt by someone in danger

Derived terms

• bumatok
• kinabatukan
• mabatok

Further reading

• “batok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Anagrams

• takob, takbo