bukas

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English

Noun

bukas

  1. 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)

  1. open
    Synonyms: buka, abri
    Antonyms: serado, pinto

Verb

bukás (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. to open
    Synonyms: buka, abri
    Antonyms: sera, pinto

Derived terms

Esperanto

Verb

bukas

  1. 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

  1. candid, open
    Synonym: serado

Derived terms

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Proto-Slavic *bukъ (beech).[1]

Noun

bùkas m (plural bùkai) stress pattern 2 [2]

  1. beech
Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

bùkas (feminine bukà, stress pattern: 4) [2]

  1. blunt
    bukas peilis - a blunt knife
    buka yla[2] - a blunt awl
  2. (mathematics, geometry) obtuse
    bukasis kampas - the obtuse angle
  3. stupid, pointless
    Taĩ bùvo tokià bukà istòrija. - That was such a pointless story.
Inflection
Antonyms
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References

  1. ^ 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. 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

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu(ŋ)kas, from Proto-Austronesian *bukas (to release; to undo).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bukás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. open
    Antonym: sarado
  2. (by extension) turned on; powered on
    Synonyms: nakabukas, nakasindi

Noun

bukás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. act of opening
  2. (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)

  1. tomorrow
Derived terms

Further reading

  • bukas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Volapük

Noun

bukas

  1. genitive plural of buk