buwig

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliʀ (“(entire) stalk of bananas; ear of grain”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano bulig, Cebuano bulig, Maranao olig, Malay bulir, and Javanese ꦮꦸꦭꦶ (wuli).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈiɡ/ [ˈbwɪɡ̚]
    • Rhymes: -iɡ
  • (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuiɡ/ [ˈbuː.ɪɡ̚]
    • Rhymes: -uiɡ
  • Syllabification: bu‧wig

Noun

buwíg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜄ᜔)

  1. bunch or cluster of fruits

Further reading

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