abubot

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabuˈbut/ [ʔa.buˈbot]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bot

Noun

abubót (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜪᜳᜦ᜴) (literary)

1. termite mound

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 18

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abobot — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbubot/ [ʔɐˈbuː.bot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ubot
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bot

Noun

abubot (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

1. knickknacks; trinkets; baubles; gewgaw
2. stuff; things; worthless material; junk

   Kung ano-anong abubot ang nasa silid niya, wala na tuloy malakaran kundi ang kama.

   His room has so much junk, there isn't a spot to walk on but the bed.

Derived terms

• abu-abubot
• abubutan

 

Related terms

• burloloy
• kaekekan

Further reading

• “abubot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018