hiso

Japanese

Romanization

hiso

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひそ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヒそ

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hisuq (“clean oneself by scrubbing”). Compare Ilocano iso, Tuwali Ifugao ihu, Bikol Central hiso, and Javanese ꦲꦶꦱꦸꦃ (isuh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhisoʔ/ [ˈhiː.soʔ]
• Rhymes: -isoʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧so

Noun

hisò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜐᜓ)

1. brushing of one's teeth

   Synonyms: pagsisipilyo, paghihiso

Derived terms

• hisuan
• hisuin
• maghiso
• paghihiso

 

Further reading

• “hiso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hisuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI