bulawan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwawan — Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), equivalent to bulaw +‎ -an.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [bʊˈl̪a.wɐn̪]

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• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈawan/ [ˈbwa.wɐn̪]

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan

1. gold (element)
2. gold coin
3. gold (color/colour)

Adjective

bulawan

1. gold (color/colour)

Central Bikol

Etymology

From bulaw +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈl̪a.wan̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

buláwan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. gold (element)
2. gold coin
3. gold (color/colour)

Adjective

buláwan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. gold (color/colour)

Central Dusun

Pronunciation

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Noun

bulawan

1. jewel

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈla.wan]
• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan

1. gold

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [buˈlaː.wʌn]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /buˈrawan/ [buˈraː.wʌn]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

buláwan

1. gold

   Synonym: balitok

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of bulawan

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	bulawan, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) bolawan
	Sabangan	bulawan, (elderly) bulawan / burawan
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	bulawan, (elderly) bulawan / burawan, (Tanulong) ghulawan

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “buláwan”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 101

Kinaray-a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/, [buˈla.wan]

Noun

bulawan

1. gold

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

bulawan

1. gold

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.la.ˈwan/, [bu.la.ˈwan]

Noun

bulawan

1. war

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaw-an (“gold”), equivalent to bulaw +‎ -an. Compare Ivatan vuhawan, Ibanag vulawan, Central Bikol bulawan, Aklanon bueawan, Cebuano bulawan, Maranao bolawan, Tausug bulawan, and Kavalan berawan. The word is not found in early Tagalog dictionaries and may be a later borrowing from other Philippine languages.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈlawan/ [bʊˈlaː.wɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

Adjective

bulawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. gold

   Synonyms: ginto, oro, balitok

2. golden (color/colour)

   Synonym: ginintuan

Further reading

• “bulawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulaw-an”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bulawan/ [bʊ.laˈwɑn̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧wan

Noun

bulawan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَوَنْ)

1. gold

Yakan

Noun

bulawan

1. gold

Yogad

Noun

bulawán

1. gold