bulaklak
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bulaklak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
- IPA(key): /bulakˈlak/
Noun
bulaklak
- (Daet) flower
- Synonym: burak
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
- bulaclac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
Etymology
Compare Tagalog bulaklak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊləkˈlak/, [bʊ.ləkˈläk]
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
Noun
bulaklak
- flower
Derived terms
- bulaklakan
- mibulaklak
- pamulaklak
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bulaklak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bulakˈlak/, [bʊ.lakˈlak]
- Rhymes: -ak, -lak
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
Noun
bulaklak
- flower
- Synonym: rosas
Derived terms
- manbulaklak
Ratagnon
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bulaklak.
Noun
bulaklák
- flower
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bolaclac, bulaclac – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
From Southern Luzon axis *bulaklak, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujak (“flower”). Compare Pangasinan bulaklak, Kapampangan bulaklak, Sambali bolak, Bikol Central burak, Hanunoo bulaklak, Asi buyak, Aklanon bueak, Cebuano bulak, Hiligaynon bulak, Surigaonon buyak, Butuanon buwak, Maguindanao ulak, and Tboli bulok.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
- IPA(key): /bulakˈlak/, [bʊ.lɐkˈlak]
Noun
bulaklák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔)
- flower
- (figurative) beautiful woman
- (euphemistic, vulgar, slang) vagina; vulva
Derived terms
- bulaklakan
- bulaklak ng dila
- bulaklak ng lipunan
- lantang bulaklak
- mabulaklak
- mabulaklak na kahapon
- magbubulaklak
- mamulaklak
- namumulaklak
- pamulaklakan
- pamumulaklak
See also
- bukad
Further reading
- “bulaklak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018