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Cebuano
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Etymology 1
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Noun
bulok
- a color
- a dye
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugók.
Adjective
bulok
- (often derogatory) dumb, lacking intellectual content or value
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- rotten; decomposed; decayed
- Synonyms: agnas, sira, (food) panis, (fish) bilasa, (egg) bugok, (dialectal,Rizal) hampok
- 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.)
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Noun
bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)
- putrid smell (of rotting meat, flesh, garbage, etc.)
Further reading
- “bulok”, 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
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