baluku

English

Alternative forms

• balukoo

Etymology

Corruption of Malay buah duku (“fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum, langsat”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /bɑˈluku/

Noun

baluku

1. (colloquial, Singapore) A swollen bruise or bump on the head; a goose egg.
   • 2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 12, page 73:

     My head hit the windscreen, so baluku lor.