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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gasgas (“rub, abrade”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gasgás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)
- scraped; scratched; made thin; worn out (due to friction or constant use)
- Synonyms: kaskas, dasdas, kakas
- hoarse (of one's voice)
- Synonyms: paos, malat
- (figurative) overused; cliché
- Synonym: korni
Derived terms
Noun
gasgás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)
- portion of an object that was scraped, made thin, or worn out (due to friction or constant use)
- (medicine) abrasion
- Synonym: galos
- act of applying friction to make an object scraped, made thin, or worn out (due to friction or constant use)
See also
Further reading
- “gasgas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gasgas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI