buwal
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Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈal/ [ˈbwal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bu‧wal
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Philippine *buál (“uproot a tree”). Compare Ilocano bual, Pangasinan buwal, Hanunoo bual, Agutaynen boal, and Bikol Central bual. Doublet of buwag.
Noun
[edit]buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)
- falling flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
- Synonyms: tumba, pagkatumba, pagkabuwal
- knocking something flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
- Synonyms: pagbubuwal, pagtutumba
- (figurative) bankruptcy
- Synonyms: pagkatumba, pagkabangkarote
- (now chiefly dialectal) tree uproot (especially due to the force of wind)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)
- fallen flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
- (figurative) bankrupt
- Synonyms: bangkarote, nabangkarote
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English voile, from French voile, from Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum. Doublet of belo.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)
- voile (translucent fabric)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “buwal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buál”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
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