FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*pukul(“hit with a stick”). CompareAsipukoy,Bikol Centralpukol,Aklanonpukoe, andMalaypukul.
pukól (Baybayin spellingᜉᜓᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
- toss;throw;hurl
- Synonym:hagis
- act ofhitting something or someone with oneend of a object
- Usually used with unexpected objects. Some examples would be a stone, a wooden or metal rod, a gun, the tip of a shovel or spear, or the peen of a hammer. Unlikepukpok ortira, this is enough to brutally harm or even kill a person in a single blow and break something significantly or even completely.
- “pukol”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pukul”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
