guham

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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)

  1. 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 (2010–) “*guSam § *guham”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary