dahak

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See also: daħak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahak. Cognate of Tagalog dahak.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: da‧hak

Noun

dahak (plural dahak-dahak)

  1. sputum, phlegm
    Synonyms: balgam, sputum

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahak. Compare Malay dahak.

Pronunciation

Noun

dahák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜃ᜔)

  1. physical effort to gather phlegm in the throat in order to expectorate
  2. (by extension) sound made by such an effort

Derived terms

Further reading

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