buwig

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bouig, buuig — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliʀ (“(entire) stalk of bananas; ear of grain”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano bulig, Cebuano bulig, Maranao olig, Malay bulir, and Javanese ꦮꦸꦭꦶ (wuli). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈiɡ/ [ˈbwɪɡ̚] Rhymes: -iɡ (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuiɡ/ [ˈbuː.ɪɡ̚] Rhymes: -uiɡ Syllabification: bu‧wig === Noun === buwíg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜄ᜔) bunch or cluster of fruits === Further reading === “buwig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buliR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI