muksa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “emancipate”), possibly reinterpreted as a now archaic infinitive form.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mukˈsaʔ/ [mʊkˈsaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: muk‧sa

Verb

muksâ (complete nuksa, progressive nunuksa, contemplative pupuksa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. Apheretic form of pumuksa (infinitive): to annihilate
    Nunuksa itong sambayanan.
    The people of the town perish one by one.
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