pisupo
The English word “pisupo” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Samoan pisupo, from English pea soup. Pea soup was the first canned food introduced to Samoa, causing the islanders to refer to all canned foods as pisupo (a borrowing of pea soup adapted to the phonotactics of Samoan). Corned beef subsequently became the most common canned food in Samoa, causing Samoans to exclusively refer to corned beef when using the word pisupo in English.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “pisupo” there
More English words
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.