bulalay

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Tausug bulalay, Malay belalai, Makasar ᨅᨘᨒᨒᨙ (bulale), Minangkabau bulalai, Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦭꦺ (tlalé), Toba Batak bulele, and Old Javanese tulalay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlalaj/ [bʊˈlaː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -alaj
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧lay

Noun

bulalay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

1. elephant trunk

   Hinawakan niya ang mahabang bulalay nito nang biglang nagalit ang malaking elepante.

   He held its long trunk which made the big elephant angry.

See also

• elepante
• gadya
• nguso
• sungot

 

Further reading

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