bulag
Bikol Central
Verb
bulág
- to separate; to cause (things or people) to be separate
- to disunite something from one thing; to disconnect
- to estrange
- to divorce
- to have one's marriage annulled
Adjective
bulág
- detached
- (of spouses) estranged; living apart
- (by extension) divorced
- (by extension) having had the marriage annulled
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lag
Verb
bulag
- to separate; to cause (things or people) to be separate
- to disunite something from one thing; to disconnect
- to estrange
- to divorce
- to have one's marriage annulled
Adjective
bulag
- detached
- (of spouses) estranged; living apart
- (by extension) divorced
- (by extension) having had the marriage annulled
Adverb
bulag
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *bulaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaʀ.
Adjective
bulág
Verb
búlag
- to blind someone
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
bulág
Ilocano
Adjective
bulág
Kapampangan
Adjective
bulág
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaʀ. Compare Ilocano bulag, Kapampangan bulag, Cebuano bulhog, and Malay bular.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /buˈlaɡ/ [bʊˈlaɡ̚] (“blind; lacking insight”, adjective; “blind person”, noun)
- Rhymes: -aɡ
- IPA(key): /ˈbulaɡ/ [ˈbuː.lɐɡ̚] (“blindness; act of blinding”, noun)
- Rhymes: -ulaɡ
- IPA(key): /buˈlaɡ/ [bʊˈlaɡ̚] (“blind; lacking insight”, adjective; “blind person”, noun)
- Syllabification: bu‧lag
Adjective
bulág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄ᜔)
Derived terms
Noun
bulág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄ᜔)
Noun
bulag (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄ᜔)
Derived terms
- bulag sa kulay
- bulagin
- bumulag
- kabulagan
- mabulag
- mabulagan
- magbulag-bulagan
- pagbulag
- pagkabulag
See also
Further reading
- “bulag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018