pussukan

Tausug

Alternative forms

• puchukan

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (“kind of honeybee”) with sound shift of /tj/ → /t͡ʃ/ → /ss/. Compare Tagalog pukyutan, Cebuano putyukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Mongondow pasukan, and Central Dusun potiukan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tausūg) IPA^(key): /pussukan/ [pʊs.sʊˈk̠ɑn̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pus‧su‧kan

Noun

pussukan

1. a species of bee