bulalakaw

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw, from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bu.l̪aˈl̪a.kaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw

Noun

bulalákaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)

1. (astronomy) meteorite, shooting star

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwakaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
• IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.l̪ɐˈl̪a.kɐʊ̯]

Noun

bulalákaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)

1. (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
2. a shooting star; a meteorite

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulalakaw.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).

Noun

bulalákaw

1. (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
2. a meteorite, shooting star

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊləˈlakaw/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xäʊ̯]
• IPA^(key): /bʊləˈlako/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xoː]
• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw

Noun

bulalákaw

1. Alternative form of bulalako

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bolalacao, bulalacao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). Cognate with Kapampangan bulalako (“meteor”), Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”), Maranao bolalakaw (“god of fish”), and Tausug bulākaw (“meteor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.lɐˈlaː.xaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -akaw
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧la‧kaw

Noun

bulalakaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔)

1. meteor; shooting star

   Synonyms: taeng-bituin, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw

2. St. Elmo's fire

   Synonym: santelmo

3. (by extension) comet

   Synonym: kometa

4. (by extension, obsolete) rocket

Derived terms

• bulalato
• bulalayak
• magbulalakaw

 

Related terms

• Bulalacao

 

Further reading

• “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulalákaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI