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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuɡas/
- IPA(key): /ˈʔuɡas/ (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: hu‧gas
Noun
húgas (plural hurugas, Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔)
- wash, washing with water
Derived terms
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Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧gas
- IPA(key): /ˈhuɡas/
Verb
hugas
- to wash, to rinse, to purify
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas. Compare Kapampangan uyas, Bikol Central hugas, and Cebuano hugas.
Pronunciation
Noun
hugas (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔)
- washing with water (of objects, body parts, wounds, etc.)
- Synonyms: (of wounds) langgas, (of hands or feet) hinaw
- water used to wash hulled rice (used as broth in cooking vegetables, etc. or as pig feed)
- Microglossa volubilis (a rambling shrub with longitudinally furrowed branches)
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Anagrams
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /huɡas/
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: hu‧gas
Verb
hugas
- to wash
- to clean