EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
wood borer; weevil...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/BUK-bok/
FIL: Isang maliit na kulisap na sumisira sa kahoy o mga butil tulad ng bigas sa pamamagitan ng pagkain dito.
EN: wood borer; weevil
The tiny terrorist that lives in your old wooden furniture or your rice container. You know you have bukbok when you see mysterious little piles of sawdust or find unwelcome black specks in your uncooked bigas. They're the reason your lola tells you to put bay leaves in the rice dispenser.
Can refer to insects that infest wood (wood borers) or stored grains (weevils).
🇵🇭 May bukbok na ang lumang aparador kaya dapat na itong ayusin.
🇺🇸 The old cabinet already has wood borers, so it should be repaired.
🇵🇭 Nilinis niya ang bigas para alisin ang mga bukbok.
🇺🇸 She cleaned the rice to remove the weevils.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.