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pisupo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pisupo
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Canned corned beef.

Uncountable

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.

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Questions

What does pisupo mean?
Canned corned beef.
Where does pisupo come from?
It is traced to English.

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