hukom

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum (to judge), Tausug hukum (to judge), Malay hukum (حكم, judgment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [huˈkom]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧kom

Noun

hukóm (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (law) judge
    Synonym: huwes

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum (to judge), Tausug hukum (to judge), Malay hukum (حكم, judgment).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧kom
  • IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [hʊˈkom]

Noun

hukom

  1. judgment

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay hukum. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum, Tausug hukum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [hʊˈxom]
  • Rhymes: -om
  • Syllabification: hu‧kom

Noun

hukóm (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (law) judge
    Synonyms: huwes, mahistrado
  2. judge of a contest or a dispute settlement
    Synonym: tagahatol
  3. (theology) judgement on a sinner

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 135-136

Further reading

  • hukom”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018