lusong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.

lusong

1. mortar

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.

lusong

1. mortar

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.

lusóng

1. mortar

Possibly from Hokkien 落山 (lo̍h-soaⁿ, “descend from a mountain”), according to Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlusoŋ/ [ˈluː.soŋ]
• Rhymes: -usoŋ
• Syllabification: lu‧song

lusong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

1. descent to a lower place

   Synonyms: baba, pagbaba, panaog, pagpanaog

2. stepping into water (as in bathing in a body of water)

   Synonyms: lusok, paglusok

3. voluntary work in a cooperative or community labor
4. voluntary worker in a cooperative; community worker
5. (obsolete) selling at a loss

• Luzon

• sungsong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləsuŋ. Compare Maranao lesong, Tausug lusung, Malay lesung, and Chamorro lusong.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈsoŋ/ [lʊˈsoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: lu‧song

lusóng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

1. large, wooden mortar for pounding rice and other grains

• “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) “*lesuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• lungos, sulong