puso

See also: puŝo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano puso.

Pronunciation

Noun

puso (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
    Synonym: hanging rice
    Coordinate term: ketupat (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore)

Anagrams

Asi

Noun

pusò

  1. (anatomy) brain

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpusoʔ/ [ˈpu.soʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧so

Noun

pusò (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Synonym: korason (dated)
  2. heart or blossom of a banana
  3. (figuratively) core, center (of a place)
    Synonym: sentro

Derived terms

  • magpuso

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧so
  • IPA(key): /ˈpusoʔ/ [ˈpu.s̪oʔ]

Noun

puso

  1. the flower of the banana plant
  2. 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/ [ˈpu.s̪o]

Noun

puso

  1. a water well that uses a hand pump to obtain water; the village pump
  2. the pump used to obtain water from the ground
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:puso.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuso]
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Hyphenation: pu‧so

Noun

puso

  1. vocative singular of pusa

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin pūs. Compare French pus, Italian pus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuso/
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Hyphenation: pu‧so

Noun

puso (uncountable, accusative puson)

  1. pus

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

  1. (anatomy) heart

Ido

Noun

puso (uncountable)

  1. pus

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuso/ [ˈpu.so], /ˈpusu/ [ˈpu.su]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧so

Noun

puso (plural puspuso, Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) heart

Inflection

Possessive forms of puso
singular plural/distributive
1st singular pusoko puspusoko
2nd singular pusomo puspusomo
3rd singular pusona puspusona
1st dual pusota puspusota
1st plural exclusive pusomi puspusomi
1st plural inclusive pusotayo puspusotayo
2nd plural pusoyo puspusoyo
3rd plural pusoda puspusoda

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦸꦱ (pusa, unproductive), from Old Javanese pūṣā (solar), from Sanskrit पूषा (pūṣā), पूषन् (pūṣan, a Vedic solar deity).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuso]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧so

Adjective

puso (comparative lebih puso, superlative paling puso) (dialectal, Java)

  1. failed (of crop), empty, sterile (of rice husk)
    Synonym: hampa
  2. (figurative) damaged (because of abandonment)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • memusokan

Further reading

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

  1. heart

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuso/ [ˈpuː.so]
    • Rhymes: -uso
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /ˈpuho/ [ˈpuː.ho]
    • Rhymes: -uho
  • Syllabification: pu‧so

Noun

púso

  1. (anatomy) heart

Latin

Noun

pūsō

  1. dative/ablative singular of pūsus

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

  1. (anatomy) heart

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

  1. (anatomy) heart

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Compound of pu +‎ so.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈso/

Noun

puso

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter ʼ/ʼ.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish puso, from Vulgar Latin *pouso, alteration and methathesis of Latin posuit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuso/ [ˈpu.so]
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: pu‧so

Verb

puso

  1. 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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpusoʔ/ [ˈpuː.soʔ]
  • Rhymes: -usoʔ
  • Syllabification: pu‧so

Noun

pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Synonym: (obsolete) kurason
  2. heart or blossom of a banana
  3. ear of corn
  4. (figurative) center; core
  5. (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[1], 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; et al. (2023) “*pusuq₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

  1. (anatomy) heart