hugot

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuɡot/
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuɡot/ (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: hu‧got

Noun

húgot (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. suicide (usually by a hangman's noose around one's neck)
    Synonym: pakagadan

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *heʀet.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧gót

Adjective

hugót

  1. tight
  2. taut
  3. tense, intense

Verb

hugót

  1. to tighten

Hiligaynon

Adjective

hugot

  1. Alternative spelling of hugut

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀut, from Proto-Austronesian *Suʀut. Compare Bikol Central hugot and Cebuano hugot.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈhuɡot/ (“pulling out; selection; adaptation”, noun; “pulled out (slang, of negative emotions)”, adjective)
    • IPA(key): /huˈɡot/ (“pulled out; selected”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: hu‧got

Noun

hugot (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. pulling out; drawing (as from a hole such as a container, finger, etc.)
    Synonyms: bunot, hila, kuha, lapso
  2. picking; selection (from a selection of candidates)
    Synonyms: bunot, hirang, pili, pagpili, pamimili
  3. adaptation (in art, literature, conduct, etc.)
    Synonyms: halaw, batay
  4. (slang, sometimes humorous) drawn-up, negative emotions (usually of emotional heartbreak) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  5. (obsolete) receding of floodwaters

Derived terms

Adjective

hugot (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. (slang, sometimes humorous) drawn up; pulled out (of negative emotions, usually of emotional heartbreak) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Adjective

hugót (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. pulled; drawn out (as from a hole)
    Synonyms: bunot, nabunot
  2. selected; picked out

Further reading

  • “hugot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*SuRut”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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