gayuma

Compare Tagalog gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈjumə/ [ɡəˈjuː.mə]
• Hyphenation: ga‧yu‧ma

gayúma

1. (folklore, magic) love potion

   Synonym: guna

2. (obsolete) poisonous herb applied on weapons, like the spear or lance

• gayoma — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Southern Luzon axis *gayúma (“love-charm”). Compare Kapampangan gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”). The sense of “magnet” is coined in the 1960s as an allusion to the effect of the magical potion.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjuma/ [ɡɐˈjuː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: ga‧yu‧ma

gayuma (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜋ)

1. charming quality

   Synonyms: panghalina, pang-akit, (dialectal) lumay

2. (folklore, magic) love charm; philter (charm or potion to cause a person to fall in love)
3. (obsolete) magnet

   Synonym: batubalani

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  • page 347: “Hechiçar) Gayoma (pp) alos enamorados deçierta manera”
  • page 347: “Hechiço) Gayoma (pp) ꝑa ẽamorados”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 136

• Mayuga