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Chamorro
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun
lusong
- mortar
Lubuagan Kalinga
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun
lusong
- mortar
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun
lusóng
- mortar
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from Hokkien 落山 (lo̍h-soaⁿ, “descend from a mountain”), according to Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
Noun
lusong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- descent to a lower place
- Synonyms: baba, pagbaba, panaog, pagpanaog
- stepping into water (as in bathing in a body of water)
- Synonyms: lusok, paglusok
- voluntary work in a cooperative or community labor
- voluntary worker in a cooperative; community worker
- (obsolete) selling at a loss
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ. Compare Chamorro lusong, Tausug lusung, and Malay lesung.
Pronunciation
Noun
lusóng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- large, wooden mortar for pounding rice and other grains
See also
Further reading
- “lusong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 39
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lusuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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