bulaklak
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bulaklak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
- IPA(key): /bulakˈlak/ [bu.l̪akˈl̪ak]
Noun
bulaklak
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
- bulaclac (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊləkˈlak/ [bʊ.ləkˈläk]
- Hyphenation: bu‧lak‧lak
Noun
bulaklak
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
Derived terms
- manbulaklak
Ratagnon
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bulaklak.
Noun
bulaklák
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bolaclac, bulaclac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bulakˈlak/ [bʊ.lɐkˈlak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: bu‧lak‧lak
Noun
bulaklák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔)
- flower
- (figurative) beautiful woman
- (colloquial) pork mesentery
- (euphemistic, vulgar, slang) vagina; vulva
Derived terms
- bulaklak ng dila
- bulaklak ng lipunan
- bulaklakan
- lantang bulaklak
- mabulaklak
- mabulaklak na kahapon
- magbubulaklak
- mamulaklak
- namumulaklak
- pamulaklakan
- pamumulaklak
- tsitsarong bulaklak
See also
Further reading
- “bulaklak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018