Bunlay
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See also: bunlay
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A metathesis of *Bulnáy, possibly syncopation from an intermediate term *Bulunáy, from Classical Malay بروني (Berunai). Compare Maranao Boronay. Doublet of Brunei and Borneo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bunláy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔) (obsolete)
Further reading[edit]
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 364