"Pukan" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
v. /AG-, MANG-:-EN/ to fell, cut down. Kayat ko nga pukanen dayta papaya. I want to cut down that papaya. /MA-/ to be felled or cut down.
púkan - To overthrow, overturn, fell to the
ground, lay low, cut down; to fall down.
Pukána ang káhoy. Fell the tree. Pukáni
akó sing ápat ka halígi. Cut down four
posts for me. Ginpúkan sang hángin ang
páhò. The mango-tree was blown down by
the wind. Nagkalapúkan silá sa patág
sang pagawáyan. They fell on the field of
battle. Kon mabáskug ang bágyo
mapúkan (magakapúkan) iníng baláy. If
there should blow a violent storm, this
house will tumble down. (cf. pulúd,
túmba).
púkan v [AB12; ab2] {1} topple s.t.
tall and erect.
Hángin ang mupúkan ánang kahúya, The wind will uproot that tree.
{2} bring to a downfall in a struggle.
Mga Amirikanhun ang nakapúkan sa ribulusiyun, The American forces crushed the rev-olutionary movement.
Mapúkan ra ang hiwing pamunúan, The crooked administration will some day be brought down.
{3} [A; ab3(1)] dishonor.
Ang íyang ámu ang mipúkan sa íyang kaputlì, Her own master violated her.
ka-an n downfall, fall from power or loss of honor.
Ang kapukánan sa Impiryu sa Rúma, The fall of the Roman Empire.
() n trees that have fallen.
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