tusok

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tusuk (cf. Puyuma tusuk, Malay tusuk). Compare tuslok.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tu‧sok
  • IPA(key): /ˈtusok/, [ˈt̪u.s̪ɔk]

Verb

tusok

  1. to pierce; to prick
  2. (slang, humorous) to have sexual intercourse

Noun

tusok

  1. piercing (hole made in the body so that jewelry can be worn through it)
  2. prick (small hole or perforation, caused by piercing)

Hungarian

Noun

tusok

  1. nominative plural of tus

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tusuk (“pierce, skewer or string together”). Compare Malay tusuk and Puyuma tusuk.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtusok/ [ˈtu.sok]
  • Rhymes: -usok
  • Syllabification: tu‧sok

Noun

tusok (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜐᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. pierce; pricking; piercing (with a needle, stick, etc.)
    Synonyms: duro, pagduro, turok, pagturok, tundos, pagtundos
  2. puncture; perforation; prick (made by something pointed)

Derived terms
  • itusok
  • magtusok
  • matusok
  • pagtutusok
  • pantusok
  • patusok
  • tusukan
  • tusukin

Further reading
  • “tusok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*tusuk”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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