bulubundukin
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Philippine *bulú(dj) (“mountain”) + bundok + -in (see burol), or from a reduplication of bundok + -in with the first syllable undergoing consonant shifts (compare reduplication in Bikol Central aro-aldaw).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulubundukin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃᜒᜈ᜔)
- mountain range
- Synonym: (obsolete) gulot
Adjective edit
bulubundukin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃᜒᜈ᜔)
- mountainous; hilly
- (figurative) wild; uncivil; coarse
- Synonym: mailap
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bulubundukin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “bulubundukin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018