bulalakaw
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Bikol Central[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw, from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bulalákaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
Cebuano[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bulalákaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
- (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
- a shooting star; a meteorite
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulalakaw.
Hiligaynon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Noun[edit]
bulalákaw
- (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
- a meteorite, shooting star
Kapampangan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bulalákaw
- Alternative form of bulalako
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”), possibly through Hiligaynon or Cebuano. Cognate with Kapampangan bulalako (“meteor”), Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”), Maranao bolalakaw (“god of fish”), and Tausug bulākaw (“meteor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.lɐˈla.xaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -akaw
- Syllabification: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
Noun[edit]
bulalakaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)
- meteor; shooting star
- Synonyms: taeng-bituin, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: santelmo
- (by extension) comet
- Synonym: kometa
- (by extension, obsolete) rocket
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Bikol Central nouns
- Bikol Central terms with Basahan script
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- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
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- Kapampangan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
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- Tagalog 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/akaw
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- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
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- tl:Astronomy