usog

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Noun

usog (uncountable)

  1. A Filipino cultural syndrome where a visit from a stranger is believed to cause fever and convulsions in a child.

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Kapampangan asug.

Pronunciation

Noun

usóg or usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. usog (culture-bound psychological disorder where a visit by a stranger afflicts a child with sudden illness and convulsions)
    Synonyms: ohiya, balis
  2. consequence of breaking a taboo or of being blasphemous
  3. flatulence; stomach gas
    Synonyms: kabag, tabol
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) fever or sickness caused by exposure to the ground

Etymology 3

Compare usod and isod, Kapampangan dusug.

Pronunciation

Noun

usóg (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. moving to the side a little (to give more space to the person sitting beside)
    Synonyms: ipod, pag-ipod, isod, pag-isod, dagison, arunsa, usod
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Further reading

  • “usog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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