nusis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• noses, nosis — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• nuses

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish nueces, plural of nuez, from Vulgar Latin *nocem, alteration of Latin nucem. Doublet of nuwes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnusis/ [ˈn̪uː.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -usis
• Syllabification: nu‧sis

Noun

nusis (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. nut

   Synonym: nuwes

   Hirangin mo iyang mga nusis sa kastanyas.

   Select the nuts there among the chestnuts.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 678: “Noſes. pp) Nueçes.”