buwal

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈwal/ [buˈɐl]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧wal

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *buál (“uproot a tree”).

Noun

buwál (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜯᜮ᜴)

  1. falling down (with reference to trees)
Derived terms
  • nabuwal

Etymology 2

Noun

buwál (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜯᜮ᜴)

  1. large chunks of recently dug up earth; clods of turned-up soil

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 96

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈal/ [ˈbwal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧wal

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *buál (“uproot a tree”). Compare Ilocano bual, Pangasinan buwal, Hanunoo buwal, Agutaynen boal, and Bikol Central bual. Doublet of buwag.

Noun

buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. falling flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
    Synonyms: tumba, pagkatumba, pagkabuwal
  2. knocking something flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
    Synonyms: pagbubuwal, pagtutumba
  3. (figurative) bankruptcy
    Synonyms: pagkatumba, pagkabangkarote
  4. (now chiefly dialectal) tree uproot (especially due to the force of wind)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • bumuwal
  • ibuwal
  • mabuwal
  • pagbubuwal
  • pagkabuwal

Adjective

buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. fallen flat on the ground (of something tall or long)
    Synonyms: hapay, tumba, bulid
  2. (figurative) bankrupt
    Synonyms: bangkarote, nabangkarote

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English voile, from French voile, from Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum. Doublet of belo.

Alternative forms

Noun

buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. voile (translucent fabric)
See also

Further reading

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.