balakubak

Tagalog

Alternative forms

balacobac, balacubac – obsolete

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ku‧bak

IPA^(key): /balaˈkubak/, [bɐ.lɐˈxu.bɐk]

Noun

balakubak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃᜓᜊᜃ᜔)

dandruff
Synonyms: (Marinduque) dalikdik, (Marinduque) kulisap
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:balakubak.

Derived terms

balakubakin
magkabalakubak

References

Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish and Tagalog), page 14
Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

“balakubak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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