pugo

See also: pugó

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• p*go (censored)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ). Cognate with Latin puga.

Coined by Kálmán Kalocsay, and popularized by his erotic poetry collection Sekretaj Sonetoj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuɡo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Hyphenation: pu‧go

Noun

pugo (accusative singular pugon, plural pugoj, accusative plural pugojn)

1. (slang, vulgar) arse, ass, buttocks
   • 1970, Louis Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo‎^[1], →ISBN, →OL, archived from the original on 8 December 2004:

     Sinjoro paroĥestro, hodiaŭ matene defalis la lasta haro de mia pugo.

     Mister vicar, this morning, the last hair fell off my arse.

   • 1990, Ulrich Matthias, Fajron sentas mi interne‎^[2], Wien Pro Esperanto, ch. I:

     Ŝi prenis bastonon kaj ekbatis, rapide kvin- aŭ dekfoje sur la pugon.

     She took the stick and started beating, swiftly, five or ten times on the buttocks.

   • 2001 November, Stanislao Śmigielski, “Necesa instrukcio”, in Monato, page 34:

     Oni devas ne eniri per piedoj en la pelvon, sed sidadi tiel ke la pugo tute kaj ekzakte adheru al la ringo de neceseja seĝo.

     One should not enter by foot in the [toilet] bowl, but keep sitting such that the buttocks completely and exactly adhere to the ring of the toilet seat.

Derived terms

• pugtruo (“asshole”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pogo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *puʀuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puʀuq, from Proto-Austronesian *puʀuq. Compare Malay puyuh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɡoʔ/ [ˈpuː.ɣoʔ]
• Rhymes: -uɡoʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧go

Noun

pugò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄᜓ)

1. quail

Derived terms

• mamugo

 

See also

• kutipaw
• tiktiko

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gupo

Waray-Waray

Noun

pugo

1. quail