puksa
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Tagalog[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Possible back-formation from mamuksa, ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “emancipate”). Compare Javanese ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦱ (muksa, “to vanish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pukˈsaʔ/ [pʊkˈsaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: puk‧sa
Noun[edit]
puksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)
- act of annihilation; extermination
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Categories:
- Tagalog back-formations
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script