Meaning of pungá

Having the nostrils stuffed, clogged, stopped or obstructed; talking through the nose. Táo nga pungá. One whose nose is stopped up. Pinungá is used as verb: to snuffle, talk as if through the nose or with clogged nostrils. Indì ka magpinungá. Indì mo pagpinungahón ang ímo panghámbal. Don't talk through the nose. Don't snuffle-in your talk,-when you talk.

(H) Scarcely able to breathe, breathless, gasping, panting for breath; to gasp or pant for breath, as one drowning or near suffocation. (see púnghà).