bogambilya

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • bongabilya
  • bongambilya, bonggambilya
  • bunggabilya, bunggambilya

Etymology

Borrowed from English bougainvillea, named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Compare Spanish buganvilla.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boɡamˈbilja/ [bo.ɣɐmˈbil.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Syllabification: bo‧gam‧bil‧ya

Noun

bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

  1. bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Further reading
  • “bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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