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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano puso.
Noun
puso (uncountable)
- Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
Anagrams
Asi
Noun
pusò
- (anatomy) brain
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpusoʔ/,
- Hyphenation: pu‧so
Noun
pusò (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)
- (anatomy) heart
- heart or blossom of a banana
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈpusoʔ/,
Noun
puso
- the flower of the banana plant
- rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish pozo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈpuso/,
Noun
puso
- a water well that uses a hand pump to obtain water; the village pump
- the pump used to obtain water from the ground
Quotations
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
puso
- vocative singular of pusa
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin pūs. Compare French pus, Italian pus.
Pronunciation
Noun
puso (uncountable, accusative puson)
- pus
Ibaloi
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart
Ido
Noun
puso (uncountable)
- pus
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦥꦸꦱ (pusa, “unproductive”), from Old Javanese pūṣā (“solar”), from Sanskrit पूषा (pūṣā), पूषन् (pūṣan, “a Vedic solar deity”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
puso
- failure (of crop)
- (figurative) damaged (because of abandonment)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
Isnag
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- heart
Kankanaey
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart
Latin
Noun
pūsō
- dative/ablative singular of pūsus
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart
Paraguayan Guaraní
Etymology
Compound of pu + so.
Pronunciation
Noun
puso
- The name of the Latin-script letter ʼ.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish puso, from Vulgar Latin *pouso, alteration and methathesis of Latin posuit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuso/
- Rhymes: -uso
- Syllabification: pu‧so
Verb
puso
- third-person singular preterite indicative of poner
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq. Compare Ilocano puso, Batad Ifugao pūhu, Sambali poso, Kapampangan pusu, Central Tagbanwa putok, Bikol Central puso, Hiligaynon tagipusoon, Maranao poso', and Javanese ꦥꦸꦱꦸꦃ (pusuh).
Pronunciation
Noun
pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)
- (anatomy) heart
- Synonym: (obsolete) kurason
- heart or blossom of a banana
- ear of corn
- (figurative) center; core
- (figurative) inmost thoughts and feelings; conscience
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “puso”, 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, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 188: “Coraçon) Poſo (pc) del cuerpo del hombre o animal”
- page 401: “Maçorca) Poſo (pc) de maiz ola q̃ hecha el plãtano quando brota el racimo”
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*pusuq₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.
Noun
puso
- (anatomy) heart