pusak

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧sak

Verb[edit]

pusak

  1. to wreck; to destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless

Chamicuro[edit]

Numeral[edit]

pusak

  1. eight

Sarawak Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca), Tetum busa, Tagalog pusa and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes).[1]

Noun[edit]

pusak (Jawi ڤوسق)

  1. cat (domestic species)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blench, Roger; Walsh, Martin (2011), “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics[1], Aussois, France, pages 1–31

Tagalog[edit]

Noun[edit]

pusak (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜃ᜔)

  1. breaking out (as of a skin disease)