bulawan

From bulaw +‎ -an.

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

bulawan

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

bulawan

1. gold (color/colour)

• buwawan — Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte

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.

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/, [bʊˈl̪a.wʌn̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈawan/, [ˈbwa.wʌn̪]

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

bulawan

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

bulawan

1. gold (color/colour)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulawan.

bulawan

1. jewel

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

bulawan

1. gold

• IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/, [buˈla.wan]

bulawan

1. gold

bulawan

1. gold

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

bulawan

1. war

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [bʊˈla.wɐn]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

bulawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. gold

   Synonyms: ginto, oro, balitok

2. golden (color/colour)

   Synonym: ginintuan

• “bulawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

bulawan

1. gold

bulawan

1. gold

bulawán

1. gold