Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧sak

Verb

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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

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Numeral

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pusak

  1. eight

Sarawak Malay

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pusak (Jawi ڤوسق)

  1. cat (domestic species)

References

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  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

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Noun

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pusak (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜃ᜔)

  1. breaking out (as of a skin disease)

Anagrams

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