"Tamasok" is a word in HILIGAYNON

tamások - The caterpillar of a moth. It is
very injurious to plants, often causing great
havoc in rice fields. Also used as a verb.
Humáy nga tinamások. Rice attacked by—,
infested with—, tamások.

tamások - A kind of boil or tumour, so
called because of the belief that the
tamások-worm is the cause of it.