bulok

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧lok

Etymology 1

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Noun

bulok

1. a color
2. a dye

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

bulok

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

Synonyms

• (stupid): bugo, estupido, tonto

Anagrams

• bukol, kubol, kulob, lubok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• boloc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlok/, [bʊˈlok]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lok

Adjective

bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. rotten; decomposed; decayed

   Synonyms: agnas, sira, (food) panis, (fish) bilasa, (egg) bugok

2. stinking; ill-smelling
3. (figuratively) morally corrupt; wicked; immoral

   Synonym: masama

   bulok na sistema ― rotten system

4. (figuratively) of poor quality; inferior; bum
5. (figuratively) inefficient; incapable (in work, school, etc.)

Derived terms

• bulukin
• bumulok
• di-nabubulok
• kabulukan
• mabulok
• nabubulok
• nakabubulok
• pagkabulok

 

See also

• bungkok

 

Noun

bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

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

Further reading

• “bulok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*buRuk”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams

• kulob, bukol, kubol