baluktot

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *-kut (“hunched; bent over”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧luk‧tot

Adjective

baluktót

1. hunchbacked

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baloctot, baloctot — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *-kut (“hunched; bent over”), via reconstructed **balutkot

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧luk‧tot
• IPA^(key): /balukˈtot/, [bɐ.lʊkˈtot]
• Rhymes: -ot

Adjective

baluktót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

1. bent; crooked; twisted
2. (figurative) wicked; bad; distorted

Derived terms

• balu-baluktot
• baluktutin
• bumaluktot
• ibaluktot
• mabaluktot
• magbaluktot
• mamaluktot
• pabalu-baluktot
• pagbabaluktot
• pagbaluktot
• pagkabaluktot

 

Descendants

• → Kapampangan: baluktut (“bent”)

Noun

baluktót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

1. kink; bent portion; curved area
2. act of bending or twisting something
3. (figurative) distortion; twisting (of facts)

Further reading

• “baluktot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018