lusong
See also: Lǚsòng
Chamorro edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun edit
lusong
Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun edit
lusong
Masbatenyo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ.
Noun edit
lusóng
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Hokkien 落山 (lo̍h-soaⁿ, “descend from a mountain”), according to Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lusong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- descent to a lower place
- stepping into water (as in bathing in a body of water)
- voluntary work in a cooperative or community labor
- voluntary worker in a cooperative; community worker
- (obsolete) selling at a loss
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lusuŋ. Compare Chamorro lusong, Tausug lusung, and Malay lesung.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lusóng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “lusong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 39
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*lusuŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary