bur-awon

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Tagalog mulawin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈʔawun/ [buɾˈʔa.won]
• Rhymes: -awun
• Syllabification: bur-a‧won

Noun

bur-awon (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮ᜴ᜠᜯᜳᜨ᜴) (botany)

1. molave (Vitex parviflora)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 93