"bulawan" meaning in Tagalog

See bulawan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /buˈlawan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaː.wɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -awan Etymology: Derived from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”). By surface analysis, bulaw + -an. Compare Ivatan vuhawan, Ibanag vulawan, Central Bikol 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: {{ety|tl|:der|map-pro:*bulaw-an<t:gold>|:af<surf>|bulaw|-an|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "gold", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*bulaw-an", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "golden color", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*bulaw", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*bulaw", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "bulaw", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*-an", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*-an", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Philippine", "term" : "*-an", "lang" : "phi-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "-an", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "By surface analysis,", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix", "is_invisible" : "tree" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "bulawan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="bulawan"> Derived from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”). By surface analysis, bulaw + -an., {{cog|ivv|vuhawan}} Ivatan vuhawan, {{cog|ibg|vulawan}} Ibanag vulawan, {{cog|bcl|bulawan}} Central Bikol 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, {{ety|tl|:der|map-pro:*bulaw-an<t:gold>|:af<surf>|bulaw|-an|text=+|tree=1}} Derived from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”). By surface analysis, bulaw + -an. 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, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymon, 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 Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons: 93 7 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -an: 80 20 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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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.