usong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• osong — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusuŋ (“carry between two persons”). Compare Cebuano usong, Tausug usung, Javanese ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦁ (usung) and Malay usung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔusoŋ/ [ˈʔuː.soŋ]
• Rhymes: -usoŋ
• Syllabification: u‧song

Noun

usong (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

1. act of helping another or each other in carrying a load cooperatively

   Synonyms: pag-usong, pag-uusong

2. act of carrying of a load by two or more persons at the same time

   Synonyms: pag-usong, pag-uusong

Derived terms

• ikausong
• iusong
• kausungin
• mag-usong
• pag-usong
• pag-usungan
• pag-uusong
• umusong
• umusong-usong
• usungan
• usungin

Further reading

• “usong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qusuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• nguso, sunog, sungo, ungos, suong