nguso
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq. Compare Kapampangan ngusu (“upper lip”) and Tagalog nguso (“snout; upper lip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋusoʔ/ [ˈŋu.soʔ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ngu‧so
Noun
ngusò (Basahan spelling ᜅᜓᜐᜓ)
Related terms
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq. Compare Bikol Central nguso and Kapampangan ngusu.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈŋusoʔ/ [ˈŋuː.soʔ]
- Rhymes: -usoʔ
- Syllabification: ngu‧so
Noun
ngusò (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜓᜐᜓ)
- snout; muzzle (of animals)
- trunk (of an elephant)
- (anatomy) upper lip
- Synonym: (Marinduque) ungos
- (anatomy, by extension) mouth (of a human, especially one that is large and prominent)
- (by extension) prominent part of something, such as the bow of a ship
- (by extension) act of pointing by protruding the lips (towards someone or something)
- Synonym: pagngunguso
Derived terms
- inguso
- ngumuso
- ngusuan
- pagngunguso
Related terms
- salinguso
Further reading
- “nguso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018