guham

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham, from Proto-Austronesian *guSam (“a fungal disease of the oral tract: thrush”). Compare Cebuano ugam, Malay guam, and Javanese ꦒꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (gom).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˈham/ [ɡʊˈham]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: gu‧ham

Noun

guhám (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜑᜋ᜔) (pathology)

  1. severe form of skin eruptions on the body; spontaneous blisters that appear on the body

See also

Further reading

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

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