hugas

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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)

  1. wash, washing with water

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Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧gas
  • IPA(key): /ˈhuɡas/

Verb

hugas

  1. 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)

  1. washing with water (of objects, body parts, wounds, etc.)
    Synonyms: (of wounds) langgas, (of hands or feet) hinaw
  2. water used to wash hulled rice (used as broth in cooking vegetables, etc. or as pig feed)
  3. Microglossa volubilis (a rambling shrub with longitudinally furrowed branches)

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Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /huɡas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: hu‧gas

Verb

hugas

  1. to wash
  2. to clean