upos

Tagalog

upos ng sigarilyo

Alternative forms

• opos — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upus (“end, finish; used up, finished”). Compare Bikol Central apos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈpos/ [ʔʊˈpos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: u‧pos

Noun

upós (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

1. cigarette butt (typically used with ng sigarilyo)

   Synonym: beha

   Maraming nakakalat na upos ng sigarilyo sa kalye.

   Many cigarette butts are littered on the street.

2. candlestub
3. condition of being reduced to a stub or but (of cigars, cigarettes, candles, etc.)
4. condition of being sunk or submerged fully into a certain depth (especially up to the hilt)

Derived terms

• maupos
• pagkaupos

See also

• sasangan

Adjective

upós (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

1. reduced to a stub or but (of cigars, cigarettes, candles, etc.)
2. submerged to the bottom

   Synonym: lubog

3. sunk up to the hilt

   Synonyms: sagad, sapak, sampak

Further reading

• “upos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*upus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• puso