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bulawan

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From bulaw +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈl̪a.wan̪]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

buláwan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. gold (element)
  2. gold coin
  3. gold (color/colour)

Adjective

buláwan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. gold (color/colour)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), equivalent to bulaw +‎ -an.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan

  1. gold (element)
  2. gold coin
  3. gold (color/colour)

Adjective

bulawan

  1. gold (color/colour)
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Central Dusun

Noun

bulawan

  1. jewel

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈla.wan]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan

  1. gold

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈlaː.wʌn]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /buˈrawan/ [buˈraː.wʌn]
  • Rhymes: -awan
  • Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

buláwan

  1. gold
    Synonym: balitok

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of bulawan
More information Southern / Central, Northern / Applai ...

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “buláwan”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 101
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Kinaray-a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈlawan/, [buˈla.wan]

Noun

bulawan

  1. gold

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

bulawan

  1. gold

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.la.ˈwan/, [bu.la.ˈwan]

Noun

bulawan

  1. war

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), equivalent to bulaw +‎ -an. Compare Ivatan vuhawan, Ibanag vulawan, Bikol Central bulawan, Aklanon bueawan, Cebuano bulawan, Maranao bolawan, Tausug bulawan, and Kavalan berawan. The word is not found in early Tagalog dictionaries and may be a later borrowing from other Philippine languages.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bulawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. gold
    Synonyms: ginto, oro, balitok
  2. golden (color/colour)
    Synonym: ginintuan

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /bulawan/ [bʊ.laˈwɑn̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَوَنْ)

  1. gold

Yakan

Noun

bulawan

  1. gold

Yogad

Noun

bulawán

  1. gold

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