pusak

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sak

Verb

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

Numeral

pusak

  1. eight

Sarawak Malay

Etymology

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

pusak (Jawi ڤوسق)

  1. cat (domestic species)

References
  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, Aussois, France, pages 1–31

Tagalog

Noun

pusak (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜃ᜔)

  1. breaking out (as of a skin disease)
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