bulaan

Ponosakan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlaʔan/

Noun

bulaan

1. gold

Further reading

• J. W. Lobel (December 2015), “Ponosakan: A Dying Language of Northeastern Sulawesi”, in Oceanic Linguistics (in Indonesian), volume 54, number 2, University of Hawai'i Press, pages 396–435

Tagalog

Etymology

From bula (“fib”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlaʔan/ [bʊˈlaː.ʔɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔan
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧an

Adjective

bulaan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

1. lying; untruthful

   Synonyms: sinungaling, nagsisinungaling

Derived terms

• pabulaanan

Noun

bulaan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

1. (literary or dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) liar; fibber

   Synonym: sinungaling