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bunso

Pronunciation: /bunˈsoʔ/

“bunso” is a Tagalog word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. lastborn; youngest (of a child in a family, by extension, of any group)

noun

  1. lastborn child; youngest child (in a family, by extension, of any group)
  2. appellation for the youngest child in a family, by extension, of any group

Etymology

From earlier bungso, an early borrowing from Malay bongsu (“lastborn”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋsu. Compare Kapampangan bunsu and Remontado Agta bussu.

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