mulawin
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- maulawin — dialectal, Quezon
- molauin, mulavin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- mulawen
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Pangasinan bulawen, Kapampangan bulaun, Hanunoo bur-awon, Bikol Central hamurawon, Aklanon hamue-awon, Hiligaynon hamul-awon, Waray-Waray hamurawon, Maranao molaon, and Tausug hamulawn. Doublet of mulabe. See also hamuraon.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈlawin/ [mʊˈlaː.wɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -awin
- Syllabification: mu‧la‧win
Noun
mulawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)
Descendants
Further reading
- “mulawin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 401: “Madera) Molavin (pp) para poſtes de caſas que llaman haligi, y pa qualquier coſa es incorruptible”