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

• paltos

Further reading

• “guham”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*guSam § *guham”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary