pasan
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
pasan (plural pasans)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pasan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasaqan (“carry on the shoulders”), from Proto-Austronesian *pasaqaN (“shoulder pole; carry with a shoulder pole”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pàsan (Basahan spelling ᜉᜐᜈ᜔)
- shoulder pole
- act of carrying on one's shoulder
- Synonym: sungay
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pasan
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pasan
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- pas-an — now dialectal, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasaqan (“carry on the shoulders”), from Proto-Austronesian *pasaqaN (“shoulder pole; carry with a shoulder pole”). Compare Batad Ifugao pahon, Kapampangan pusan, Bikol Central pasan, Tagbanwa pasa'an, Cebuano pas-an, Mongondow potaanon, Tetun Dili hasan, and Thao pataqaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pasán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜈ᜔)