EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
infested with weevils/wood borers...
to insist, to assert...
to be fond of each other...
Pang-uri
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/buk-bu-KIN/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging puno o pagkakaroon ng bukbok.
EN: infested with weevils/wood borers
This is what you call that antique cabinet that's more dust than wood, or the sack of rice that's been in storage since the last election. It's the adjective form of "bukbok infestation." If something is bukbukin, it's basically being eaten from the inside out by tiny pests. A great metaphor for a toxic relationship, actually.
From `bukbok` + `-in` (suffix indicating presence or affliction).
ROOT MEANING: wood borer; weevil
Used to describe wood, grain, or other materials infested with 'bukbok'.
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🇵🇭 Huwag mo nang bilhin 'yan, bukbukin na ang kahoy.
🇺🇸 Don't buy that anymore, the wood is already infested with borers.
🇵🇭 Itinapon na lang namin ang bukbukin na bigas.
🇺🇸 We just threw away the weevil-infested rice.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.