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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buʀuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk (“rotten; bad character”).
Noun
bugok
- a rotten egg
- an imbecile
- a simpleton
Adjective
bugok
- rotten
- imbecile; idiotic
- dumb; stupid
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buʀuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk (“rotten; bad character”).
Noun
bugók
- stale egg; rotten egg
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buʀuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk (“rotten; bad character”). Doublet of bulok.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bugók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜓᜃ᜔)
- (of eggs) rotten
- Synonym: bulok
- imbecile; idiotic; dumb; stupid
Derived terms
Noun
bugók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜓᜃ᜔)
- rotten egg
- imbecile; simpleton
Further reading
- “bugok”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “bugok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buRuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI