bulalakaw
Bikol Central
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw, from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbulalákaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
Cebuano
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbulalákaw (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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Noun
editbulalákaw
- (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
- a meteorite, shooting star
Kapampangan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bʊləˈlakaw/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xäʊ̯]
- IPA(key): /bʊləˈlako/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xoː]
- Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
Noun
editbulalákaw
- Alternative form of bulalako
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.lɐˈlaː.xaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -akaw
- Syllabification: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
Noun
editbulalakaw (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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Cebuano
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- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
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- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
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- Kapampangan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/akaw
- Rhymes:Tagalog/akaw/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
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