bulok
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Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bu‧lok
Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
bulok
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugók.
Adjective[edit]
bulok
- (often derogatory) dumb, lacking intellectual content or value
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- rotten; decomposed; decayed
- stinking; ill-smelling
- (figuratively) morally corrupt; wicked; immoral
- Synonym: masama
- bulok na sistema ― rotten system
- (figuratively) of poor quality; inferior; bum
- (figuratively) inefficient; incapable (in work, school, etc.)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
Further reading[edit]
- “bulok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*buRuk”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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