bulakan

See also: Bulakan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwakan

Etymology

bulak +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan

1. the giant potato (Ipomoea mauritiana)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tagalog bulak

Proto-Austronesian *-an

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an

Proto-Philippine *-an

Tagalog -an

Tagalog bulakan

From bulak + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /buˈlakan/ [bʊˈlaː.x̠ɐn̪] (“cotton plantation”, noun; “to apply cotton”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -akan
  • IPA^(key): /bulaˈkan/ [bʊ.lɐˈx̠an̪] (“species of flowering vine”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. cotton plantation

Verb

bulakan (complete binulakan, progressive binubulakan, contemplative bubulakan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. to apply cotton on

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bulakan

affix		-an
root word		bulak
trigger		object
aspect
infinitive		bulakan
complete		binulakan
progressive		binubulakan inabulakan1
contemplative		bubulakan abulakan1
imperative		bulaki1

¹ Dialectal use only.

Noun

bulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. Decalobanthus peltatus (a species of flowering vine)

See also

• Bulacan

Further reading

• “bulakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• kaluban