mulawin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• maulawin — dialectal, Quezon
• molauin, mulavin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• mulawen

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Pangasinan bulawen, Kapampangan bulaun, Hanunoo bur-awon, Central Bikol hamurawon, Aklanon hamue-awon, Hiligaynon hamul-awon, Waray-Waray hamurawon, Maranao molaon, and Tausug hamulawn. Doublet of mulabe. See also hamuraon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈlawin/ [mʊˈlaː.wɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -awin
• Syllabification: mu‧la‧win

Noun

mulawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)

1. molave (Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus)

Descendants

• → Spanish: molave
  • → Cebuano: molave
  • → English: molave
  • → Tagalog: mulabe

Further reading

• “mulawin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 401: “Madera) Molavin (pp) para poſtes de caſas que llaman haligi, y pa qualquier coſa es incorruptible”

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