TABUK

TABUK is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

tabuk v {1} [A; ac] cross over, bring s.t.
across to the op-posite side.
Mutabuk na ta sa karsáda, Lets cross the street.
Kuyaw tabukun ning subáa kay sulug, This river is dangerous to cross because the current is strong.
Itabuk ning asin sa píkas p, Bring the salt across to the other island.
{1a} [A2; a] em-igrate to another island.
Mitabuk siya sa Mindanaw pamásin nga muasinsu, He migrated to Mindanao in the hope that he would be successful there.
{2} [A2; b6] move from one group or a?
liation to a rival one.
Ang Libiral nga diputádu mitabuk ngadtu sa Nasyunalista, The Liberal congressman crossed over to the Nacionalista Party.
n area on the other side, across the street.
Túa siya manarabáhu sa tabuk, He works on the other island (other bank).
-anan() n {1} ferryboat.
{2} small, make-shift bridge.
-anun() n people from across the street, the other island.
-l-un a to be reached by crossing a body of water.

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