pussukan

Tausug

Alternative forms

  • puchukan

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (“kind of honeybee”) with sound shift of /tj/ → /t͡ʃ/ → /ss/. Compare Tagalog pukyutan, Cebuano putyukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Mongondow pasukan, and Central Dusun potiukan.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /pussukan/ [pʊs.sʊˈk̠ɑn̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: pus‧su‧kan

Noun

pussukan (Sulat Sūg spelling فُسُّكَنْ)

  1. a species of bee
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