Buling-Buling
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See also: bulingbuling
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduplication of buling.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbuliŋ ˈbuliŋ/
- Rhymes: -uliŋ
- Syllabification: Bu‧ling-Bu‧ling
Proper noun
Buling-Buling (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔) (ecclesiastical)
- custom of throwing water on people (on the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist on April 24th)
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Further reading
- “Buling-Buling”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “Buling-Buling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 157.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier