Gugma

love; affection; carenoun

Alternative meanings

A deep feeling of affection, care, tenderness, or attachment toward a person, family, partner, idea, place, or cause.

Pronunciation

GOOG-mah

Root and affixes

Root related to love and affection. It forms words such as higugma, to love or fall in love, and hinigugma, beloved or loved one.

Variants or conjugations

paghigugma; higugma; hinigugma; gugmahanon

Related words and expressions

gihigugma; hinigugma; affection; heart; feeling

Meaning and usage notes

Gugma is the noun for love. To say to love as a verb, forms like higugma or gihigugma are used depending on the sentence structure.