bulantubig
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bulan tubig
- bulang tubig
Etymology
From bula (“bubble”) + tubig (“water”), according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lan‧tu‧big
- IPA(key): /bulanˈtubiɡ/, [bʊ.lɐnˈtu.bɪɡ]
Noun
bulantubig (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔) (color, obsolete)
Usage notes
- More sources identify bulantubig with orange.
Derived terms
- bulantubigin
- magbulantubig
Further reading
- “bulantubig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 440: “Naranjado) Bulantubig (pp) color conoçido...duo dic: bula, tubig .|. eſpuma de agua”
- Corazon S. Alvina (1989) Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House
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