hukom

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum (to judge), Tausug hukum (to judge), Malay hukum (حكم, judgment).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧kom
  • IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [hʊˈkom]

Noun

hukom

  1. judgment

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum (to judge), Tausug hukum (to judge), Malay hukum (حكم, judgment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [huˈkom]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧kom

Noun

hukóm (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (law) judge
    Synonym: huwes

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُكْم (ḥukm, judgment), possibly through Malay hukum. Compare Kapampangan ukum, Maranao kukum, Tausug hukum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /huˈkom/ [hʊˈxom]
  • Rhymes: -om
  • Syllabification: hu‧kom

Noun

hukóm (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. (law) judge
    Synonyms: huwes, mahistrado
  2. judge of a contest or a dispute settlement
    Synonym: tagahatol
  3. (theology) judgement on a sinner

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013), Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 135-136

Further reading

  • hukom”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018