bugas

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugás

1. milled rice, white rice

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Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧gas

Noun

bugas

1. milled rice; white rice
2. grain
3. (pathology) acne
4. blemishes resulting from acne

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bugas.

Derived terms

• bugason
• bugasan
• bugas humay
• bugas mais
• pamugas
• pamugasay

Related terms

• humay
• kan-on

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Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugás

1. milled rice, white rice

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugás

1. milled rice, white rice
2. pimple

Verb

bugás

1. to hull rice

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Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugas

1. milled rice, white rice