kasukasuan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• casocasoan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kaso-kasuan
• kasu-kasuan

Etymology

From the reduplication of kaso (“disjointed”) +‎ -an, literally, “junction of the disjointed (parts)”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kasukaˈsuʔan/ [kɐ.sʊ.xɐˈsuː.ʔɐn̪]
    • Rhymes: -uʔan
  • IPA^(key): /kasukasuˈʔan/ [kɐ.sʊ.xɐ.sʊˈʔan̪] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ka‧su‧ka‧su‧an

Noun

kasukasuan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜃᜐᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) joint
2. (anatomy) knuckle

   Synonym: buko

Derived terms

• kasukasuanin

 

Related terms

• kaso-kaso

 

Further reading

• “kasukasuan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot