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bakbak

bakbak

Binukid

Noun

bakbak

  1. generic term for frog or toad

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English bark, with reduplication.

Verb

bakbak

  1. to bark.

References

  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.