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)