puhag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pohag — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puhaʀ (“smoke out bees”). Compare Bikol Central puhag, Maranao powag, and Iban puar. Doublet of buhag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpuhaɡ/ [ˈpuː.hɐɡ̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -uhaɡ
  • IPA^(key): /puˈhaɡ/ [pʊˈhaɡ̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: pu‧hag

Noun

puhag (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜄ᜔)

1. castration

   Synonyms: kapon, pagkapon

2. harvesting comb honey from the beehive

   Synonym: buhag

Derived terms

• ipamuhag
• mamuhag
• mamumuhag
• mapuhag
• pamuhagan
• puhagin

 

Adjective

puhág (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜄ᜔)

1. castrated

   Synonyms: kapon, kinapon

Further reading

• “puhag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1083.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puhaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI