hugas

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuɡas/, [ˈhu.ɡas]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuɡas/, [ˈʔu.ɡas] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hu‧gas

Noun

húgas (plural hurugas, Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔)

1. wash, washing with water

Derived terms

• hugasan
• maghugas

 

See also

• hanaw
• kuramos
• labar
• pupo
• sawsaw
• sugkad

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧gas
• IPA^(key): /ˈhuɡas/, [ˈhu.ɡʌs̪]

Verb

hugas

1. to wash, to rinse, to purify

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas. Compare Bikol Central hugas and Cebuano hugas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuɡas/, [ˈhu.ɣɐs]
• Hyphenation: hu‧gas

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)

Derived terms

• hugas-bigas
• hugas-kalawang
• hugas-kamay
• hugasan
• ihugas
• ipaghugas
• ipahugas
• maghugas
• maghugas-kamay
• paghugasan
• paghuhugas
• pahugasan
• pinaghugasan
• tagahugas
• tagahugas ng plato
• tagapaghugas

 

See also

• hilamos
• hinaw

 

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huʀas.

Verb

hugas

1. to wash
2. to clean