mulabe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• molave — Spanish-based spelling
• molabe

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tagalog mulawinbor.

Spanish molavebor.

Tagalog mulabe

Borrowed from Spanish molave, which in turn is from Tagalog mulawin, from Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Doublet of mulawin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈlabe/ [mʊˈlaː.bɛ]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: mu‧la‧be

Noun

mulabe (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜊᜒ)

1. molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)

Further reading

• “mulabe”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “molave”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018