bulalakaw

== Bikol Central == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw, from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bu.l̪aˈl̪a.kaʊ̯] Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw === Noun === bulalákaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔) (astronomy) meteorite, shooting star == Cebuano == === Alternative forms === buwakaw === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.l̪ɐˈl̪a.kɐʊ̯] === Noun === bulalákaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔) (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid a shooting star; a meteorite ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulalakaw. == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). === Noun === bulalákaw (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid a meteorite, shooting star == Kapampangan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊləˈlakaw/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xäʊ̯] IPA(key): /bʊləˈlako/ [bʊ.ləˈläː.xoː] Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw === Noun === bulalákaw alternative form of bulalako == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bolalacao, bulalacao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). Cognate with Kapampangan bulalako (“meteor”), Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”), Maranao bolalakaw (“god of fish”), and Tausug bulākaw (“meteor”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/ [bʊ.lɐˈlaː.xaʊ̯] Rhymes: -akaw Syllabification: bu‧la‧la‧kaw === Noun === bulalakaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜎᜃᜏ᜔) meteor; shooting star Synonyms: taeng-bituin, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw St. Elmo's fire Synonym: santelmo (by extension) comet Synonym: kometa (by extension, obsolete) rocket ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulalákaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI