"dambuhala" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /dambuˈhalaʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [d̪ɐm.bʊˈhaː.lɐʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: dambuhalà [canonical], ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜎ [Baybayin], dambohala [alternative]
Rhymes: -alaʔ Etymology: Borrowed from Malay jambuara (“monster fish”), ultimately from a Minangkabau origin. Compare Kapampangan dambuala and Cebuano dambuala. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|ms|jambuara||monster fish}} Borrowed from Malay jambuara (“monster fish”), {{der|tl|min|-}} Minangkabau, {{cog|pam|dambuala}} Kapampangan dambuala, {{cog|ceb|dambuala}} Cebuano dambuala Head templates: {{tl-noun|dambuhalà|b=+}} dambuhalà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜎ)
  1. huge animal; monster
    Sense id: en-dambuhala-tl-noun-Olb-ju4o
  2. giant Synonyms: higante, tandayag
    Sense id: en-dambuhala-tl-noun-CxMuovbN
  3. (botany) medium-sized tree with oblong leaves with fascicled flowers and subellipsoid fruit (Diospyros pilosanthera) Synonyms: alintataw, balatinaw, bulong-ita, katilma, talang-gubat
    Sense id: en-dambuhala-tl-noun-7OChbo5F Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Ebony family plants, Size Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 48 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 51 22 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 47 25 24 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 3 3 58 18 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 5 5 54 18 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 3 3 58 18 18 Disambiguation of Ebony family plants: 5 5 69 11 10 Disambiguation of Size: 0 0 100 0 0 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (zoology, originally obsolete) whale Synonyms: balyena, tandayag
    Sense id: en-dambuhala-tl-noun-pdKuKG0N Categories (other): Zoology, Whales Disambiguation of Whales: 3 3 8 76 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  5. (zoology, obsolete) giant shark Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dambuhala-tl-noun-cZ-nGK4x Categories (other): Zoology, Sharks Disambiguation of Sharks: 6 6 13 14 60 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dambu Related terms: pating
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