"Dunggas" is a word in HILIGAYNON
dúnggas - A skin disease, a kind of
eczema or herpes attacking large parts of
the skin and spreading rapidly. Also used
as a verb. May dúnggas siá—
or—ginadúnggas siá—or—ginadunggasán
siá. He has the skin-disease "dúnggas”.
Sang túig nga tinalíkdan dinunggasán
ang íya bátà sang dídto siá sa umá, ápang
karón maáyo na siá. Last year his child
had the skin-disease "dúnggas”, when he
was staying at his farm, but now it is well
again. Indì ka magságad óbog sa mahígkò
nga mga danáw kay básì dunggasón
ikáw. Don’t wade through dirty mudpuddles, for you may get the skin-disease
"dúnggas”. (In the "dúnggas” the pustules,
eruptions and excoriations are thickly
spread over considerable portions of the
skin and so near together that there is
scarcely a healthy spot left between them.
The head, cheeks and chin, especially of
children, seem to be most liable to contract
"dúnggas”). (cf. dukót).
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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dukót - A skin-disease, a kind of herpes or eczema. (cf. arikís, kagídkid, itíp, bungang-ínit, katúl, aláp-ap, adík-dik, panítpanít, kabúyaw, …
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