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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusuŋ (“carry between two persons”). Compare Cebuano usong, Tausug usung, Javanese ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦁ (usung) and Malay usung.
Pronunciation
Noun
usong (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- act of helping another or each other in carrying a load cooperatively
- Synonyms: pag-usong, pag-uusong
- act of carrying of a load by two or more persons at the same time
- Synonyms: pag-usong, pag-uusong
Derived terms
Further reading
- “usong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qusuŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary