bulalakaw
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw, from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulalákaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulalákaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
- (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
- a shooting star; a meteorite
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulalakaw.
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Noun edit
bulalákaw
- (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
- a meteorite, shooting star
Kapampangan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulalákaw
- Alternative form of bulalako
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”), possibly through Hiligaynon or Cebuano. Cognate with Kapampangan bulalako (“meteor”), Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”), Maranao bolalakaw (“god of fish”), and Tausug bulākaw (“meteor”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulalakaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
- meteor; shooting star
- Synonyms: taeng-bituin, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: santelmo
- (by extension) comet
- Synonym: kometa
- (by extension, obsolete) rocket
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018