pusak
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧sak
Verb
pusak
- 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
- eight
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 spelling ڤوسق, plural pusak-pusak, informal 1st possessive pusakku, 2nd possessive pusakmu, 3rd possessive pusaknya)
- (Sarawak) cat (domestic species)
- Synonym: kucing
References
- 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
- breaking out (as of a skin disease)