usang-tao

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• osang tauo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• usang-tawo — obsolete

Etymology

From usa (“deer”) +‎ -ng- +‎ tao (“man; person”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˌsaŋ ˈtaʔo/ [ʔʊˌsan̪ ˈt̪aː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: u‧sang-ta‧o

Noun

usáng-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ) (obsolete)

1. stupid person

   Synonyms: tanga, hunghang

Further reading

• 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