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, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 125: “Bujeta) Bolobolo (pp) de palo v de vn coquito, en q̃ hechã pedaçillos de oro o plata”