pison

See also: pisón and Pison

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pisón (“rolling hammer”), with semantic shift to steamroller by analogy with apisonadora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈson/, [pɪˈson]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧son

Noun

pisón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. steamroller
  2. road roller

Derived terms
  • magpison
  • pisunin

Further reading
  • “pison”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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