bulalay
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Compare Tausug bulalay, Malay belalai, Makasar ᨅᨘᨒᨒᨙ (bulale), Minangkabau bulalai, Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦭꦺ (tlalé), and Old Javanese tulalay.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈlalaj/ [bʊˈla.laɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -alaj
- Syllabification: bu‧la‧lay
Noun edit
bulalay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜌ᜔)
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “bulalay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018