bulok

• Hyphenation: bu‧lok

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bulok

1. a color
2. a dye

Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugók.

bulok

1. (often derogatory) dumb, lacking intellectual content or value

• (stupid): bugo, estupido, tonto

• bukol, kubol, kulob, lubok

• boloc – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

From Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.

• Hyphenation: bu‧lok
• IPA^(key): /buˈlok/, [bʊˈlok]

bulók

1. rotten; decomposed; decayed

   Synonyms: agnas, sira, (food) panis, (fish) bilasa, (egg) bugok

2. stinking; ill-smelling
3. (figuratively) morally corrupt; wicked; immoral

   Synonym: masama

   bulok na sistema ― rotten system

4. (figuratively) of poor quality; inferior; bum
5. (figuratively) inefficient; incapable (in work, school, etc.)

bulók

1. putrid smell (of rotting meat, flesh, garbage, etc.)

• kulob, bukol, kubol