gayuma

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Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈjumə/,
  • Hyphenation: ga‧yu‧ma

Noun

gayúma

  1. (folklore, magic) love potion
    Synonym: guna
  2. (obsolete) poisonous herb applied on weapons, like the spear or lance

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Southern Luzon axis *gayúma (“love-charm”). Compare Kapampangan gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”). The sense of “magnet” is coined in the 1960s as an allusion to the effect of the magical potion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈjuma/,
  • Hyphenation: ga‧yu‧ma

Noun

gayuma (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜋ)

  1. charming quality
    Synonyms: panghalina, pang-akit, (dialectal) lumay
  2. (folklore, magic) love charm; philter (charm or potion to cause a person to fall in love)
  3. (obsolete) magnet
    Synonym: batubalani

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