Tagalog

Adjective

bundok

1. Mountainous.

Noun

bundok

1. Mountain
2. boondock

Verb

bundok

1. To climb a mountain.
2. To live in the mountains.
3. (colloquial) To hide in a remote area from authorities, news media, or the general public; especially in the context of rebels, criminals, or hermits. (by extension) To join an insurgency.
   • 2002, Kawil II, page 241:

     [...] Namundok siya dahil nakapatay ng isang parishioner niyang babae. ("He fled to the mountains after he killed a female parishioner.")

   • 1991, Rebolusyon!: A Generation of Struggle in the Philippines, page 191:

     [...] The common belief is that a person who has gone underground has gone to the mountains — "namundok na," as the expression goes — and joined the NPA.

Descendants

• English: boondock

See also

• bulubundukin