usog
English edit
Noun edit
usog (uncountable)
- A Filipino cultural syndrome where a visit from a stranger is believed to cause fever and convulsions in a child.
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Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare Kapampangan asug.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈsoɡ/ [ʔʊˈsoɡ], /ˈʔusoɡ/ [ˈʔu.soɡ]
- Rhymes: -oɡ, -usoɡ
- Syllabification: u‧sog
Noun edit
usóg or usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
- usog (culture-bound psychological disorder where a visit by a stranger afflicts a child with sudden illness and convulsions)
- consequence of breaking a taboo or of being blasphemous
- flatulence; stomach gas
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
Etymology 3 edit
Compare usod and isod, Kapampangan dusug.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
usóg (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
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Further reading edit
- “usog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018