luhog

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lohog — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈluhoɡ/ [ˈluː.hoɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -uhoɡ
• Syllabification: lu‧hog

Noun

luhog (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜑᜓᜄ᜔)

1. intensive supplication; imploration

   Synonyms: samo, pamanhik, pakiusap, pagmamakaawa, pagmamakaamo

2. (obsolete) sob (cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)

   Synonym: hikbi

Derived terms

• iluhog
• luhugan
• lumuhog
• lumuhog-luhog
• pagluhog
• paluhog

See also

• daing
• dulog
• wani

Further reading

• “luhog”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “luhog”, 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, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.