bungulan

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bong̃olan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Philippine *buŋuran (“banana sp.”), composed of the roots of bunga (“fruit”) and ulan (“rain”), roughly equivalent to *buŋa udan. Compare Ilocano bungulan, Kapampangan bungulan, Hanunoo bunguran, Bikol Central bunguran, Aklanon bunguean, Cebuano bulungan / bungan, Waray-Waray bunguran, and Maranao borongan. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈŋulan/ [bʊˈŋuː.lɐn̪] Rhymes: -ulan Syllabification: bu‧ngu‧lan === Noun === bungulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜓᜎᜈ᜔) an aromatic Cavendish banana that stays green even when ripe; Musa acuminata (AAA Group) ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “bungulan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “bungulan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buŋuran”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI