pustri2 n electric light, telephone post.
pust-úpis n post office. v [A; a2] make, install a post office.
pustúra n the way s.o. looks all dressed up. Nindut tag pustúra run. Mamisíta ka? You are all dressed up. Going s.w.? paN- v [A2; b6] get all dressed up. Mamustúra ka gánì, magwápa kag samut, If you dress up, you’ll look more beautiful. n way of carrying oneself. Mu ra sa inahan ang pamustúra ánang bayhána, That girl has her mother’s bearing. -wu a chic and smart-looking. Pusturáwu kaáyu ka sa ímung hirdu, You look very chic with your hairdo. v [B1256] look smart, chic. Mamusturáwu ang balayg pintálan, The house will look nice when it is all painted.
púsu n 1 artesian well, naturally flowing or operated with a pump. 2 hand pump used to draw water from under the ground. — artisyánu = [púsu], n1. v [A; b6] construct an artesian well.
púsù n 1 banana blossom including the petals. 2 ear of corn. v [A2N; b(1)] for corn to have ears or bananas to develop their blossoms. Daling mamúsù (mupúsù) ang mais nga masurku, Corn will quickly bear ears if the soil around it has been dug up. (→) n 1 rice cooked in woven coconut leaves formed like a banana blossom. 2 woman’s breast (euphemism). v 1 [A; a12] make, have rice of this type. 2 [AN; b6(1)] gather, get banana blossoms for food. pusùpúsù sa bitíis n biceps or the muscles of the lower legs. -in- n by the ears. v [c16] count, share corn by the ears. -in-(→) n large ears of corn. Ipanglain ang mga pinusù sa mga buging, Separate the large ears of corn from the small ears.
púsud n 1 navel. 2 center point of s.t. Púsud sa syudad, The center of the city. 3 the filament-like structure found at the tip of bananas. hiN- v [AN; b] cut the umbilical cord. n instrument for cutting the umbilical cord. kinapusuran n 1 centermost portion. Didtu siya dágan sa kinapusuran sa lasang, She ran deep into the innermost part of the forest. 2 s.t. at the very heart. 3 core, innermost; heart of the thing. Abtun giyud íning tambála ang kinapusuran sa sakit, This medicine will reach down to the heart of the pain.
pus-un n the outside region of the body in the front, just below the stomach, and by extension, the part underneath. Musakit ang pus-un ug dúgay tang walà kaihì, Your lower stomach hurts if you go long without urinating. v [b4] have a prominent belly. pus-únun a having a prominent belly. v [B12] get to have a prominent belly.
púsung a a person who is good in putting up a front of innocence when committing mischief, so called from the character Huwan Púsung of folk tales who is always getting the better of people in high places. Púsung kaáyu siya ug hitsúra mu rag dílì mauy nagtágù sa ákung sapátus, He looks innocent, as if he did not hide my shoes. papusungpúsung v [A1] pretend to be innocent. Nagpapusungpúsung siya, mu ra ug walà ku makakità sa íyang gibúhat, He is pretending to be innocent as though I had not seen what he did.
pus-úpis = [pust-úpis].
pusut v [A; b26] for liquid to spurt out. Mipusut ang dugù sa ákung tudlù nga naputul, Blood spurted out from the cut in my finger. (←), pusutpusut v [B46; c16] come in rapid succession, come thick and fast. Mipusutpusut ang mga pangutána sa abugádu, The lawyer fired off his questions in rapid succession. Nagpusutpusut lang ang íyang anak, Her children came one after another in rapid succession.