puksa

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Possible back-formation from mamuksa, ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, emancipate). Compare Javanese ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦱ (muksa, to vanish).

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Noun

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puksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)

  1. act of annihilation; extermination
    Synonyms: ubos, lipol, dipol, abolisyon

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See also

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Further reading

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  • 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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