"bulawan" meaning in Tagalog

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Adjective

IPA: /buˈlawan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaː.wɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -awan Etymology: From Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), equivalent to bulaw + -an. Compare Ivatan vuhawan, Ibanag vulawan, Bikol Central bulawan, Aklanon bueawan, Cebuano bulawan, Maranao bolawan, Tausug bulawan, and Kavalan berawan. The word is not found in early Tagalog dictionaries and may be a later borrowing from other Philippine languages. Etymology templates: {{der|tl|map-pro|*bulaw-an||gold}} Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), {{suffix|tl|bulaw|an}} bulaw + -an, {{cog|ivv|vuhawan}} Ivatan vuhawan, {{cog|ibg|vulawan}} Ibanag vulawan, {{cog|bcl|bulawan}} Bikol Central bulawan, {{cog|akl|bueawan}} Aklanon bueawan, {{cog|ceb|bulawan}} Cebuano bulawan, {{cog|mrw|bolawan}} Maranao bolawan, {{cog|tsg|bulawan}} Tausug bulawan, {{cog|ckv|berawan}} Kavalan berawan Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} bulawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)
  1. gold Synonyms: ginto, oro, balitok
    Sense id: en-bulawan-tl-adj-JNfwPY3D Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms suffixed with -an, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 5 5 19 0 5 5 19 0 39 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 66 0 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -an: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 95 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 75 25 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 95 5
  2. golden (color/colour) Synonyms: ginintuan
    Sense id: en-bulawan-tl-adj-pciHPRFx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Yellows Disambiguation of Yellows: 0 0
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      },
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "word": "ginto"
        },
        {
          "word": "oro"
        },
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          "word": "balitok"
        }
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      "ipa": "[bʊˈlaː.wɐn̪]",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-awan"
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