bugas

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugás

1. milled rice, white rice

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *bəgas, from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas (cf. Kapampangan abias, Maranao begas, Tagalog bigas), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas (cf. Malay beras), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

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
• IPA^(key): /buˈɡas/, [bʊˈɡas̪]

Noun

bugás

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

Hanunoo

Etymology

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

Noun

bugás

1. milled rice, white rice

Higaonon

Noun

bugas

1. rice

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

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Noun

bugas

1. milled rice, white rice

Portuguese

Verb

bugas

1. second-person singular present indicative of bugar

Spanish

Adjective

bugas m pl or f pl

1. plural of buga

Noun

bugas m pl or f pl

1. plural of buga

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bugas

1. rice (husked)