nuses

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• noses, nosis — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• nusis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnuses/, [ˈnu.sɛs]
• Rhymes: -uses
• Syllabification: nu‧ses

Noun

nuses (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. nut

   Synonym: nuwes

   Hirangin mo iyang mga nuses sa kastanyas.

   Select the nuts there among the chestnuts.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 678: “Noſes. pp) Nueçes.”