bulok

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧lok

Etymology 1

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Noun

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bulok

  1. a color
  2. a dye

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugók.

Adjective

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bulok

  1. (often derogatory) dumb, lacking intellectual content or value
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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. rotten; decomposed; decayed
    Synonyms: agnas, sira, (food) panis, (fish) bilasa, (egg) bugok, (dialectal,Rizal) hampok
  2. stinking; ill-smelling
  3. (figuratively) morally corrupt; wicked; immoral
    Synonym: masama
    bulok na sistemarotten system
  4. (figuratively) of poor quality; inferior; bum
  5. (figuratively) inefficient; incapable (in work, school, etc.)

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Noun

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bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. putrid smell (of rotting meat, flesh, garbage, etc.)

Further reading

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  • 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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