kaluluwa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caloloua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kalulowa
• kalulwa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ka-du-duha (“soul, spirit of a living person”), from ka- +‎ *duha (“two”, fossilized form of dalawa), with reduplication of the first syllable of the root, and /d/ sound-shifted to /l/. Compare Ilocano kararua, Pangasinan kamarerua, Dupaningan Agta kaliduwa, Ibanag ikakarwa, Kapampangan kaladdua, Tagbanwa kiyarulwa, Cebuano kaluha, Maranao ikadowa, Mansaka kallowa, Tausug aluwa, and Central Dusun koduduo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaluluˈa/ [kɐ.lʊˈlwa], /ˌkaluluˈa/ [ˌkaː.lʊˈlwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧lu‧lu‧wa

Noun

kaluluwá or káluluwá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜎᜓᜏ)

1. soul; spirit; essence

   Synonyms: espiritu, diwa, buhay, alma, anima

2. (obsolete) rational soul

Derived terms

• Araw ng mga Kaluluwa
• buong kaluluwa
• halang ang kaluluwa
• kaluluwahan
• kaluluwahin
• kumaluluwa
• magkaluluwa
• makaluluwa
• mangaluluwa
• may-kaluluwa
• pangangaluluwa
• pangkaluluwa
• walang kaluluwa

 

Related terms

• dalawa

 

See also

• hilagyo
• kakambal
• lakas ng loob

 

Further reading

• “kaluluwa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kaluluwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 233
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 438.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 46: “Alma) Calolova (pc) raçional del hombre”
  • page 56: “Anima) Calolova (pc) raçional”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duSa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI