buhaghag

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈhaɡhaɡ/, [buˈhaɡ.haɡ]
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔaɡʔaɡ/, [buˈʔaɡ.ʔaɡ] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: bu‧hag‧hag

Adjective

buhághág (intensified buhaghagon, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜄ᜔)

1. porous (of soil, grain, etc.)

   Synonym: balunbon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bohaghag — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buhaɡˈhaɡ/, [bʊ.hɐɡˈhaɡ]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: bu‧hag‧hag

Adjective

buhaghág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜄ᜔)

1. loose; porous; spongy; not sticking together (of soil, grain, etc.)

   Synonym: muyag

   • 1918, G. Mamerto Tianco, Almanake at kalendario ukol sa kalusugan: sa mg̃a taong 1919, 1920 at 1921 ng̃ Kagawaran ng̃ Sanidad sa Pilipinas:

     Itanim sa alin mang lupang buhaghag pa kay sa lupang pula na may halong buhañgin. Ihandang mabuti ang lupa bago tamnan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. needing fine-tooth combing (of hair)
   • year unknown, Sawikaan 2007: Mga Salita ng Taon, UP Press (→ISBN), page 77:

     Mula sa buhaghag na buhok at maputlang mukha, nagiging maayos ang buhok na may malalaking kulot at maaliwalas ang mukha na may matitingkad na pangkulay sa mga mata at labi.

Derived terms

• buhaghagin
• bumuhaghag

 

Noun

buhaghág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜄ᜔)

1. act of making loose (of soil, grain, etc.)
2. condition of being loose (of soil, grain, etc.)

Further reading

• “buhaghag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018