baluku means A swollen bruise or bump on the head; a goose egg.
baluku is pronounced /bɑːˈluːkuː/.
Etymology
Corruption of Malay buah duku (“fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum, langsat”), under influence from Hokkien phonology, in which /d/ sounds are rendered as /l/s in loanwords, compare 黎撩 (lê-liô) from radio and 鐳／镭 (lui, “money”) from Malay duit.
noun
- A swollen bruise or bump on the head; a goose egg.“My head hit the windscreen, so baluku lor.”