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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tusuk (cf. Puyuma tusuk, Malay tusuk). Compare tuslok.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧sok
- IPA(key): /ˈtusok/
Verb
tusok
- to pierce; to prick
- (slang, humorous) to have sexual intercourse
Noun
tusok
- piercing (hole made in the body so that jewelry can be worn through it)
- prick (small hole or perforation, caused by piercing)
Hungarian
Noun
tusok
- nominative plural of tus
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tusuk (“pierce, skewer or string together”). Compare Malay tusuk and Puyuma tusuk.
Pronunciation
Noun
tusok (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜐᜓᜃ᜔)
- pierce; pricking; piercing (with a needle, stick, etc.)
- Synonyms: duro, pagduro, turok, pagturok, tundos, pagtundos
- puncture; perforation; prick (made by something pointed)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tusok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tusuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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