Possibly from Proto-Philippine *qabuk. Compare Tagalog alikabok, Malay habuk.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbuɡ/

abog

1. dust
2. a speck of dust

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈboɡ/ [ʔɐˈboɡ̚]

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• Rhymes: -oɡ
• Syllabification: a‧bog

abóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜄ᜔)

1. hollow noise (as caused by a heavy object that falls on a board floor)
2. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) word; notice; warning

• “abog”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “abog”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

• baog, bago