bulakan

See also: Bulakan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

bulak +‎ -an

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan

  1. the giant potato (Ipomoea mauritiana)

Tagalog

Etymology

From bulak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /buˈlakan/ [bʊˈlaː.xɐn̪] (cotton plantation, noun; to apply cotton, verb)
      • Rhymes: -akan
    • IPA(key): /bulaˈkan/ [bʊ.lɐˈxan̪] (species of flowering vine, noun)
      • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. cotton plantation

Verb

bulakan (complete binulakan, progressive binubulakan, contemplative bubulakan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. to apply cotton on

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bulakan
affix -an
root word bulak
trigger object
aspect
infinitive
complete binulakan
progressive binubulakan
inabulakan1
contemplative bubulakan
abulakan1
imperative bulaki1

1 Dialectal use only.

Noun

bulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. Decalobanthus peltatus (a species of flowering vine)

See also

Further reading

  • bulakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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