bulang

See also: Bulang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwang — Metro Cebu, Bohol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Carcar-Dalaguete) IPA^(key): /ˈbulaŋ/ [ˈbu.l̪ɐŋ]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈbuwaŋ/ [ˈbu.wɐŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lang

Noun

búlang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. gaff; cockspur
2. cockfight, especially one making use of gaffs

Verb

búlang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. to participate in a cockfight

See also

• tahod

Anagrams

• Langub

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulaŋ/ [ˈbu.l̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lang

Noun

búlang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. cockfight

   Synonyms: topada, sabong

Derived terms

• bulangan
• bulangero
• bulangon
• ibulang
• magbulang
• parabulang

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Noun

búlang

1. cockfight

Verb

búlang

1. to cockfight

Indonesian

Noun

bulang (plural bulang-bulang)

1. headdress; turban

Derived terms

• berbulang
• membulang
• pembulang
• terbulang

Maguindanao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Noun

bulang

1. metal cockspur

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulaŋ/, [ˈɓu.lãŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

bulang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨒ)

1. moon

   Appayungi bulanga ― There is a halo around the moon.

2. month

   Sipattanna bulanga ― The first of the month.

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbulang
• bulang-bulanngang
• passibulanngang

reduplications

• bulang-bulang

compounds

• bulang appayung
• bulang beru
• bulang laʼbusuʼ banngia
• bulang pannyolong
• bulang panrapiʼ
• bulang sipue

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ (“artificial cockspur; bind on an artificial cockspur”)

Noun

bulang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨒ)

1. the manner or method of tying a spur (taji) to a fighting cock

Derived terms

affixations

• ammulang
• appammulang
• pammulang

compounds

• bulang kulantuʼ
• bulang lalo
• bulang patang

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Noun

bulang

1. cockfight

Noun

buláng

1. steel spur (placed on a rooster's ankle for a cockfight)

Pangasinan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈbulaŋ/, [ˈbʊ.laŋ]

Noun

bulang

1. cockfight

Derived terms

• bulangan
• bumubulang
• mampabulang
• manbulang
• mibulang

Part or all of this Pangasinan entry has been imported from the 1865 edition of Diccionario pangasinan-español. The imported definitions may be significantly outdated, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈlaŋ/, [bu.ˈlaŋ]

Noun

bulang

1. foam; bubble; froth

West Makian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan (“moon”), reflecting the original North Halmaheran nightly-reckoning system.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.l̪aŋ/

Adverb

bulang

1. the next day

   ibulang ― tomorrow

   do bulang fi ― the following day

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics