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baluku.

A swollen bruise or bump on the head; a goose egg.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑːˈluːkuː/Singapore
  1. A swollen bruise or bump on the head; a goose egg.

    Singapore · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Corruption of Malay buah duku (“fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum, langsat”), under influence from Hokkien phonology, in which [d] and [l] are in complementary distribution, compare 黎撩 (lê-liô) from radio and 鐳/镭 (lui, “money”) from Malay duit.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.