puhag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puhaʀ (“smoke out bees”). Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Maranao powag, and Iban puar. Doublet of buhag.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pu‧hag
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuhaɡ/, [ˈpu.hɐɡ] (noun)
  • IPA(key): /puˈhaɡ/, [pʊˈhaɡ] (adjective)

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 (2010–), “*puhaR”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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