bulalakaw
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Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
- IPA(key): /bulaˈlakau/, [bulaˈlakaʊ̯]
Noun
bulalakaw
- meteorite, shooting star
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- buwakaw
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
- IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/, [bʊ.l̪ʌˈl̪a.kaʊ̯]
Noun
bulalakaw
- (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
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bolalácao, bulalácao – obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”), possibly through Hiligaynon or Cebuano. Cognate with Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”) and Maranao bolalakaw (“craze, madness or insanity caused by evil spirit”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
- IPA(key): /bulaˈlakaw/, [bʊ.lɐˈla.xaʊ̯]
Noun
bulalakaw
- meteor; shooting star
- Synonyms: taeng-bituin, bituing-alpas
- St. Elmo's fire
- Synonym: santelmo
- (by extension) comet
- Synonym: kometa
- (by extension, obsolete) rocket
Derived terms
- magbulalakaw
Further reading
- “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018