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Tibuok

English

whole; entire; complete; totaladjective / noun

Alternative meanings

Complete, undivided, lacking no parts, or considered in its entirety. It can describe objects, time, groups, quantities, or complete ideas.

Pronunciation

tee-BOO-ok

Root and affixes

Root: tibuok. Related forms include katibuok, wholeness or entirety; kinatibuk-an, totality or whole set; and sa tibuok, throughout the whole.

Variants or conjugations

wholeness; entirety; throughout; whole; make whole; all

Related words and expressions

complete; all; whole; nothing missing; totality; entirety

Meaning and usage notes

Tibuok is used for whole or complete when something is viewed as one complete unit. Tanan means all or everything as a set of elements; tibuok emphasizes the complete unit.

allcompleteentiretotalwhole
Example 1

Gikaon niya ang tibuok pan.

He or she ate the whole bread.

Example 2

Nagtrabaho siya sa tibuok adlaw.

He or she worked the entire day.

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