gayuma

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gayúma

1. (folklore, magic) love potion

   Synonym: guna

2. (obsolete) poisonous herb applied on weapons, like the spear or lance

Derived terms

• agayuma
• apagayuma
• manggayuma
• mapanggayuma
• megayuma
• menggayuma
• migayuma
• mikigayuma
• minggayuma
• mipagayuma
• pagayuma
• panggayuma

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gayoma — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjuma/ [ɡɐˈjuː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: ga‧yu‧ma

Noun

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

Derived terms

• gayumahin
• gumayuma
• magayuma
• makagayuma
• makigayuma
• manggayuma
• mapagayuma
• pakigayumahan
• pakigayumahin
• panggagayuma
• panggayuma

 

See also

• bighani

 

Further reading

• “gayuma”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “gayuma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 438
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 262.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 347: “Hechiçar) Gayoma (pp) alos enamorados deçierta manera”
  • page 347: “Hechiço) Gayoma (pp) ꝑa ẽamorados”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 136

Anagrams

• Mayuga