buga

Pronunciation: /buˈɡa/

“buga” is a Tagalog word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

forced blow from one's mouth
forced ejection from the interior of something (such as in volcanoes, chimneys, etc.)
bellowing snort; hissing snort (such as with steam or air being forced out)
game where a playing piece, either a marble or a bayag-kambing seed, is blown out hard from a player's mouth to hit other pieces
medical treatment by quack doctors where something chewed is mixed with saliva and spat upon an ailing part of the patient's body
practice of blowing smoke on the face of gamecocks (to make them brave and their eyes clear)
pumice

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀah (“to spray water from the mouth”), from Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS. Compare Malay bura.

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