baluktot

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *-kut (“hunched; bent over”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧luk‧tot

Adjective

baluktót

  1. hunchbacked

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *-kut (“hunched; bent over”), via reconstructed **balutkot

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balukˈtot/ [bɐ.lʊkˈtot]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: ba‧luk‧tot

Adjective

baluktót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. bent; crooked; twisted
  2. (figurative) wicked; bad; distorted

Derived terms
  • balu-baluktot
  • baluktutin
  • bumaluktot
  • ibaluktot
  • mabaluktot
  • magbaluktot
  • mamaluktot
  • pabalu-baluktot
  • pagbabaluktot
  • pagbaluktot
  • pagkabaluktot

Descendants
  • → Kapampangan: baluktut (“bent”)

Noun

baluktót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. kink; bent portion; curved area
  2. act of bending or twisting something
  3. (figurative) distortion; twisting (of facts)

Further reading
  • “baluktot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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