"bulaw" meaning in Tagalog

See bulaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /buˈlaw/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaʊ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: buláw [canonical], ᜊᜓᜎᜏ᜔ [Baybayin], bulao [alternative]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaw, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw (“golden color”). Compare Aklanon bueaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*bulaw}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaw, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*bulaw||golden color}} Proto-Austronesian *bulaw (“golden color”), {{cog|akl|bueaw}} Aklanon bueaw Head templates: {{tl-adj|buláw|b=+}} buláw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏ᜔)
  1. vermilion; reddish gold (color/colour)
    Sense id: en-bulaw-tl-adj-yBO-NG7s Categories (other): Pages with entries, Reds Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 12 21 0 15 15 24 Disambiguation of Reds: 33 33 33

Noun

IPA: /buˈlaw/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaʊ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: buláw [canonical], ᜊᜓᜎᜏ᜔ [Baybayin], bulao [alternative]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaw, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw (“golden color”). Compare Aklanon bueaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*bulaw}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaw, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*bulaw||golden color}} Proto-Austronesian *bulaw (“golden color”), {{cog|akl|bueaw}} Aklanon bueaw Head templates: {{tl-noun|buláw|b=+}} buláw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏ᜔)
  1. vermilion; reddish gold (color/colour)
    Sense id: en-bulaw-tl-noun-yBO-NG7s Categories (other): Pages with entries, Reds Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 12 21 0 15 15 24 Disambiguation of Reds: 33 33 33
  2. (now chiefly dialectal, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque) suckling pig Tags: Batangas, dialectal Synonyms: biik
    Sense id: en-bulaw-tl-noun-IlyYAPCE Categories (other): Batangas Tagalog, Marinduque Tagalog, Quezon Tagalog, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Reds Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 12 21 0 15 15 24 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 28 28 44 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Reds: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bulawan Related terms: bulagaw, bulawisan, bulhaw, bulyas
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Download raw JSONL data for bulaw meaning in Tagalog (4.1kB)

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