usog
English
Noun
usog (uncountable)
- A Filipino cultural syndrome where a visit from a stranger is believed to cause fever and convulsions in a child.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Kapampangan asug.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈsoɡ/ [ʔʊˈsoɡ̚], /ˈʔusoɡ/ [ˈʔuː.soɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -oɡ, -usoɡ
- Syllabification: u‧sog
Noun
usóg or usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
- usog (culture-bound psychological disorder where a visit by a stranger afflicts a child with sudden illness and convulsions)
- consequence of breaking a taboo or of being blasphemous
- flatulence; stomach gas
Derived terms
- mausog
- puwera usog
- usugan
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔusoɡ/ [ˈʔuː.soɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -usoɡ
- Syllabification: u‧sog
Noun
usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
Etymology 3
Compare usod and isod, Kapampangan dusug.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈsoɡ/ [ʔʊˈsoɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -oɡ
- Syllabification: u‧sog
Noun
usóg (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
Derived terms
- ipausog
- pag-usog
- umusog
Further reading
- “usog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018