umaum

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• omaom — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈmaʔum/ [ʔʊˈmaː.ʔʊm]
• Rhymes: -aʔum
• Syllabification: u‧ma‧um

Noun

umaum (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋᜂᜋ᜔)

1. maternal hug and kiss

   Synonyms: beso, halik, uma

Further reading

• “umaum”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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