ulunan
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
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ulunan
- Alternative form of ulonan
Maguindanao edit
Etymology edit
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ulunan
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ulo + -nan, but might be originally from ulon (“bedhead”) + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun-an (“place where one rests the head; wooden headrest”) Compare Bikol Central ulonan (“pillow”), Cebuano ulonan (“cushion leaves”), Higaonon uluna (“pillow”), and Maguindanao ulunan (“pillow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ulunán (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- head or top end (of something)
- (strictly) bedhead; head of the bed
- Synonym: (obsolete) ulon
- area near the head or top (of someone or something)
- (obsolete) pillow or anything used to rest one's head
Further reading edit
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qulun₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Waray-Waray edit
Etymology edit
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ulúnan