usog

English

Noun

usog (uncountable)

1. A Filipino cultural syndrome where a visit from a stranger is believed to cause fever and convulsions in a child.

Anagrams

• Guos, gosu

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Kapampangan asug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsoɡ/, [ʔʊˈsoɡ]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔusoɡ/, [ˈʔu.soɡ]
• Hyphenation: u‧sog

Noun

usóg or usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

1. usog (culture-bound psychological disorder where a visit by a stranger afflicts a child with sudden illness and convulsions)

   Synonyms: ohiya, balis

2. consequence of breaking a taboo or of being blasphemous
3. flatulence; stomach gas

   Synonyms: kabag, tabol

Derived terms

• mausog
• puwera usog
• usugan

 

See also

• lihi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔusoɡ/, [ˈʔu.soɡ]
• Hyphenation: u‧sog

Noun

usog (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

1. (obsolete) fever or sickness caused by exposure to the ground

Etymology 3

Compare usod and isod, Kapampangan dusug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsoɡ/, [ʔʊˈsoɡ]
• Hyphenation: u‧sog

Noun

usóg (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

1. moving to the side a little (to give more space to the person sitting beside)

   Synonyms: ipod, pag-ipod, isod, pag-isod, dagison, arunsa, usod

Derived terms

• ipausog
• pag-usog
• umusog

 

Further reading

• “usog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018