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Esperanto
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ). Cognate with Latin puga.
Coined by Kálmán Kalocsay, and popularized by his erotic poetry collection Sekretaj Sonetoj.
Pronunciation
Noun
pugo (accusative singular pugon, plural pugoj, accusative plural pugojn)
- (slang, vulgar) arse, ass, buttocks
1970, Louis Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo, →ISBN, →OL, archived from the original on 8 December 2004:Sinjoro paroĥestro, hodiaŭ matene defalis la lasta haro de mia pugo.- Mister vicar, this morning, the last hair fell off my arse.
1990, Ulrich Matthias, Fajron sentas mi interne, Wien Pro Esperanto, ch. I:Ŝi prenis bastonon kaj ekbatis, rapide kvin- aŭ dekfoje sur la pugon.- She took the stick and started beating, swiftly, five or ten times on the buttocks.
2001 November, Stanislao Śmigielski, “Necesa instrukcio”, in Monato, page 34:Oni devas ne eniri per piedoj en la pelvon, sed sidadi tiel ke la pugo tute kaj ekzakte adheru al la ringo de neceseja seĝo.- One should not enter by foot in the bowl, but keep sitting such that the buttocks completely and exactly adhere to the ring of the toilet seat.
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *puʀuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puʀuq, from Proto-Austronesian *puʀuq. Compare Malay puyuh.
Pronunciation
Noun
pugò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄᜓ)
- quail
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “pugo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puRuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
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Noun
pugo
- quail