gayuma

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Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

gayúma

  1. (folklore, magic) love potion
    Synonym: guna
  2. (obsolete) poisonous herb applied on weapons, like the spear or lance

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Tagalog[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈjuma/, [ɡɐˈju.mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧yu‧ma

Noun[edit]

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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