mulawin
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Pangasinan bulawen, Hanunoo bur-awon, Bikol Central hamurawon, Aklanon hamue-awon, Hiligaynon hamul-awon, Waray-Waray hamurawon, Maranao molaon, and Tausug hamulawn. Doublet of mulabe. See also hamuraon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈlawin/ [mʊˈlaː.wɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -awin
- Syllabification: mu‧la‧win
Noun
[edit]mulawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)
- molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mulawin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 401: “Madera) Molavin (pp) para poſtes de caſas que llaman haligi, y pa qualquier coſa es incorruptible”