bulubulo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bolobolo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Possibly reduplication of bulo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbuluˈbuloʔ/ [ˌbuː.lʊˈbuː.loʔ]
- Rhymes: -uloʔ
- Syllabification: bu‧lu‧bu‧lo
Noun
búlubulò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜊᜓᜎᜓ)
- yearling deer with horns just sprouting
- small jeweled box made of horn in which powdered or ground gold is kept
See also
Further reading
- “bulubulo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 125: “Bujeta) Bolobolo (pp) de palo v de vn coquito, en q̃ hechã pedaçillos de oro o plata”