bakulud

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• baculud (Spanish orthography, Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bakúlud (“stoney plateau”). Compare Ilocano bakulod, Tagalog bakood, Hanunoo bakulod, Bikol Central bakulod, Aklanon bakueod, Cebuano bakulod, Hiligaynon bakolod, Maranao bakolod, and Tausug bakūd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkulud/, [bəˈxuː.lud]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ku‧lud

Noun

bakúlud

1. highland plain; plateau (rocky high ground, usually surrounded by lowlands from which it stands out)
2. hillside fortress fenced from lowlands (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Antonyms

• kababan

Derived terms

• Bacolor
• Bakulud
• kabakuluran
• makabakulud

 

Further reading

• Forman, Michael L. (1971) “B”, in Kapampangan Dictionary‎^[1], University of Hawai'i Press, page 20
• Bergaño, Diego (1732) Vocabulario de la lengua pampanga en romance‎^[2], Ramirez y Giraudier, published 1860

Yogad

Noun

bakulúd

1. mountain