puso

See also: puŝo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano puso.

Pronunciation

(Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊsoʔ/

Noun

puso (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: hanging rice

   Coordinate term: ketupat (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore)

Anagrams

• POUs, PUOs, Pous, opus, pous, soup

Asi

Noun

pusò

1. (anatomy) brain

Bikol Central

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

Derived terms

• magpuso

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧so
• IPA^(key): /ˈpusoʔ/ [ˈpu.s̪oʔ]

Noun

puso

1. the flower of the banana plant
2. rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pozo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧so
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuso/ [ˈpu.s̪o]

Noun

puso

1. a water well that uses a hand pump to obtain water; the village pump
2. the pump used to obtain water from the ground

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:puso.

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puso

1. vocative singular of pusa

Anagrams

• opus

Esperanto

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

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Ido

Noun

puso (uncountable)

1. pus

Ilocano

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

Inflection

Possessive forms of puso

	singular	plural/distributive
1st singular	pusoko	puspusoko
2nd singular	pusomo	puspusomo
3rd singular	pusona	puspusona
1st dual	pusota	puspusota
1st plural exclusive	pusomi	puspusomi
1st plural inclusive	pusotayo	puspusotayo
2nd plural	pusoyo	puspusoyo
3rd plural	pusoda	puspusoda

Indonesian

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 (comparative lebih puso, superlative paling puso) (dialectal, Java)

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

   Synonym: hampa

2. (figurative) damaged (because of abandonment)

Alternative forms

• pusa

Derived terms

• memusokan

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.

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. heart

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púso

1. (anatomy) heart

Latin

Noun

pūsō

1. dative/ablative singular of pūsus

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Compound of pu +‎ so.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈso/

Noun

puso

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

Spanish

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

Tagalog

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

Derived terms

• Araw ng mga Puso
• atake sa puso
• buong-puso
• ginintuang puso
• isapuso
• kapusuan
• magkapuso
• magkataling-puso
• magtaling-puso
• makabagbag-puso
• makataling-puso
• malambot ang puso
• mamuso
• mapusuan
• matigas ang puso
• nakataling-puso
• pumuso
• puso ng saging
• puso sa puso
• pusong bakal
• pusong mamon
• pusong-lutang
• sakit sa puso
• taos-puso
• tapat-puso
• tibok ng puso
• walang-puso

See also

• dibdib
• loob

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^[1], 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

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq.

Noun

puso

1. (anatomy) heart