punso

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puŋsu. Compare Kapampangan pungsu and Malay pongsu.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /punˈso/ [pʊn̪ˈso], /punˈsoʔ/ [pʊn̪ˈsoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -o, -oʔ
  • Syllabification: pun‧so

Noun

punsó or punsô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. anthill; mound; hillock

Derived terms

  • kabuteng-punso
  • magpunso
  • mamungso
  • nuno sa punso
  • pumunso

See also

Further reading

  • punso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 430:Monton) Pongſo (pc) que haçen las hormigas de tierra que ſacan de aba o arriba
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puŋsu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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