buga
bugá with stress marks
to spit or blow out (liquid/smoke)
Usage Note
Buga refers to forcefully expelling liquid, smoke, or air from the mouth — whether spitting betel juice, blowing fire, or exhaling smoke. It appears in descriptions of traditional rituals where a healer or elder bugain (blows on) a patient as part of folk medicine.
Examples
" Huwag kang bumuga ng usok. "
Natural Translation
Don't blow out smoke.
Literal Translation
Don't you blow-out of smoke.
" Ingat sa buga ng apoy. "
Natural Translation
Careful with the blow of fire.
Literal Translation
Careful in blow-out of fire.
" Bago siya gumaling, binugahan muna ng albularyo ang kanyang ulo habang bumubulong ng dasal. "
Natural Translation
Before he recovered, the folk healer first blew on his head while whispering a prayer.
Literal Translation
Before he recover, blew-on first by-the folk-healer the his head while whispering of prayer.
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