poso negro

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pozo negro (“cesspool”), with semantic shift to "septic tank".

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌposo ˈneɡɾo/ [ˌpo.so ˈnɛɡ.ɾo]
  • Syllabification: po‧so neg‧ro

Noun

poso negro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. septic tank
    • 2000, Jose F. Lacaba, Edad medya: mga tula sa katanghaliang gulang:
      Barado ng buhok, bulbol, burak, sarisaring basura ang lagusang papunta sa poso negro. Naglalawa ang tubig sa sahig tuwing may maliligo , at tuwing may tatae ay maraming naiiwang tuldok at kuwit na lulutang-lutang sa inidoro [.]
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