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English
Noun
bukas
- plural of buka
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu(ŋ)kas, from Proto-Austronesian *bukas (“to release; to undo”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈkas/
- Hyphenation: bu‧kas
Adjective
bukás (plural burukas, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)
- open
- Synonyms: buka, abri
- Antonyms: serado, pinto
Verb
bukás (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)
- to open
- Synonyms: buka, abri
- Antonyms: sera, pinto
Derived terms
Esperanto
Verb
bukas
- present of buki
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu(ŋ)kas, from Proto-Austronesian *bukas (“to release; to undo”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧kas
- IPA(key): /buˈkas/
Adjective
bukás
- candid, open
- Synonym: serado
Derived terms
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *bukъ (“beech”).[1]
Noun
bùkas m (plural bùkai) stress pattern 2 [2]
- beech
Declension
Etymology 2
Adjective
bùkas (feminine bukà, stress pattern: 4) [2]
- blunt
- bukas peilis - a blunt knife
- buka yla[2] - a blunt awl
- (mathematics, geometry) obtuse
- bukasis kampas - the obtuse angle
- stupid, pointless
- Taĩ bùvo tokià bukà istòrija. - That was such a pointless story.
Inflection
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of bukas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of bukas
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Krogmann, Willy (1954) “Das Buchenargument”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 72 1./2, →DOI, page 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “bukas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- “bukas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu(ŋ)kas, from Proto-Austronesian *bukas (“to release; to undo”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bukás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)
- open
- Antonym: sarado
- (by extension) turned on; powered on
- Synonyms: nakabukas, nakasindi
Noun
bukás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)
- act of opening
- (by extension) turning on or powering on a machine
- Synonym: sindi
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Compare Ivatan mavekas (“morning”), Botolan Sambal bayomboka (“morning”), Sambali boklah / boklas (“morning”) and Kapampangan bukas (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
bukas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)
- tomorrow
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bukas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Volapük
Noun
bukas
- genitive plural of buk