pusak

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sak

Verb

pusak

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. (Sarawak) cat (domestic species)
    Synonym: kucing

References
  1. 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

  1. breaking out (as of a skin disease)
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