bogambilya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bongabilya
• bongambilya, bonggambilya
• bunggabilya, bunggambilya

Etymology

Borrowed from English bougainvillea, named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Compare Spanish buganvilla.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boɡamˈbilja/ [bo.ɣɐmˈbil.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: bo‧gam‧bil‧ya

Noun

bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

1. bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Further reading

• “bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018