From root: buhok
Usage Note
Pambuhok describes items or products designed specifically for hair use, such as 'gel na pambuhok' (hair gel) or 'ipit na pambuhok' (hair clip).
Examples
" Bumili ka ng gel na pambuhok. "
Natural Translation
Buy some hair gel.
Literal Translation
Buy you of gel that for-hair.
" Nasaan ang langis na pambuhok? "
Natural Translation
Where is the oil for the hair?
Literal Translation
Where the oil that for-the-hair?
" Mahal pero epektibo ang bagong shampoo na pambuhok na ipinakilala ng aking kaibigan kahapon. "
Natural Translation
The new hair shampoo my friend introduced yesterday is expensive but effective.
Literal Translation
Expensive but effective the new shampoo that for-hair that introduced of my friend yesterday.
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