bulok

• Hyphenation: bu‧lok

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bulok

1. a color
2. a dye

Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugók.

bulok

1. (often derogatory) dumb, lacking intellectual content or value

• (stupid): bugo, estupido, tonto

• bukol, kubol, kulob, lubok

• boloc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlok/ [bʊˈlok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: bu‧lok

bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. rotten; decomposed; decayed

   Synonyms: agnas, sira, (food) panis, (fish) bilasa, (egg) bugok, (dialectal,Rizal) hampok

2. stinking; ill-smelling
3. (figuratively) morally corrupt; wicked; immoral

   Synonym: masama

   bulok na sistema ― rotten system

4. (figuratively) of poor quality; inferior; bum
5. (figuratively) inefficient; incapable (in work, school, etc.)

bulók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. putrid smell (of rotting meat, flesh, garbage, etc.)

• “bulok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buRuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• lukob, bukol, kulob, kubol