hukom

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hukóm

  1. (law) judge
    Synonym: huwes

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hukom

  1. judgment

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • hocom, hucom obsolete

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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
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