bulagaw

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwagaw, bwagaw — "L"-eliding dialects

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /buˈlaɡaw/ [buˈl̪aː.ɡau̯]
• Rhymes: -aɡaw
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧gaw

Noun

bulágaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. a person with hair lighter than dark brown, ranging from light brunette, reddish, to blond
   1. (specifically) blonde; a person with blond hair

Adjective

bulágaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. reddish, brownish, or more typically, blond colored (especially of hair color)

Further reading

• “bulagaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “bulagaw” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2022.
• John U. Wolff (1972), A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bulagao — Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bulaˈɡaw/ [bʊ.lɐˈɣ̠aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧gaw

Etymology 1

Adjective

bulagáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. blue-eyed
2. blond

   Synonyms: rubyo, bulhaw

Noun

bulagáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. blue-eye

   Synonym: matang-pusa

Etymology 2

Adjective

bulagáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. reddish; vermillion

   Synonyms: bulaw, bulhaw, mapula, bermelyon, pulang-pula

Noun

bulagáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜄᜏ᜔)

1. (obsolete) red

   Synonym: pula

Derived terms

• bulagawin

Further reading

• “bulagaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 66