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“Hanging rice — rice cooked inside a woven coconut palm leaf pouch” in Bisaya: puso
The Bisaya (Cebuano) word for “hanging rice — rice cooked inside a woven coconut palm leaf pouch” is puso, pronounced PU-so. It's used as a noun in everyday Cebuano conversation across the Visayas and Mindanao, where over 22 million people speak Bisaya as their native language.
Bisaya translation
puso
PU-so
- English meaning
- hanging rice — rice cooked inside a woven coconut palm leaf pouch
- Part of speech
- noun
How to pronounce puso
Say it as PU-so. Capitalized syllables in the pronunciation guide indicate stress — the part of the word you emphasize when speaking. Bisaya stress is meaningful: putting it on the wrong syllable can change the meaning of a word, so it's worth practicing out loud.
Example sentences
Duha ka puso ug usa ka inihaw ang angay.
“Two hanging rice and one grilled item is just right.”
Cultural context
Puso is uniquely Cebuano — the diamond-shaped woven rice is a street food icon, especially at barbecue stalls.
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