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Tagalog
Etymology
Possible back-formation from mamuksa, ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “emancipate”). Compare Javanese ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦱ (muksa, “to vanish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
puksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)
- act of annihilation; extermination
- Synonyms: ubos, lipol, dipol, abolisyon
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See also
Further reading
- “puksa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 293
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