puso

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano puso.

Noun

puso (uncountable)

1. Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.

Anagrams

• POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, soup

Noun

pusò

1. (anatomy) brain

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pozo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puso

1. vocative singular of pusa

Anagrams

• opus

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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Noun

puso (uncountable)

1. pus

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

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 (dialectal, Java)

1. failed (of crop), empty, sterile (of rice husk)

   Synonym: hampa

2. (figurative) damaged (because of abandonment)

Further reading

• “puso” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. heart

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púso

1. (anatomy) heart

Noun

pūsō

1. dative/ablative singular of pūsus

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Etymology

Compound of pu +‎ so.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈso/

Noun

puso

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

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

Alternative forms

• poso — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling.

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

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, 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

• upos

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart