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Japanese
Romanization
hiso
- Rōmaji transcription of ひそ
- Rōmaji transcription of ヒそ
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hisuq (“clean oneself by scrubbing”). Compare Ilocano iso, Tuwali Ifugao ihu, Bikol Central hiso, and Javanese ꦲꦶꦱꦸꦃ (isuh).
Pronunciation
Noun
hisò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜐᜓ)
- brushing of one's teeth
- Synonyms: pagsisipilyo, paghihiso
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hiso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hisuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI