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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam (“a fungal disease of the oral tract: thrush”). Compare Cebuano ugam, Malay guam, and Javanese ꦒꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (gom).
Pronunciation
Noun
guhám (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜑᜋ᜔) (pathology)
- severe form of skin eruptions on the body; spontaneous blisters that appear on the body
See also
Further reading
- “guham”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*guSam”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI