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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw. Cognate with Tagalog bughaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bug‧haw
- IPA(key): /buɡˈhaw/,
Adjective
bugháw
- blue (color/colour)
Noun
bugháw
- blue (color/colour)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw. Cognate with Cebuano bughaw. See also Japanese 青 (ao, “blue; blue green; green”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)
- blue (color/colour)
- Synonym: asul
- faded in color
- Synonyms: kupas, pasyaw, lipas
Noun
bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)
- blue; azure (color/colour)
- Synonym: asul
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
puti
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abo, gris
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itim
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pula; krimson, pulang-pula
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kahel; kayumanggi
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dilaw; krema
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kulay-dayap
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lungti, lungtian, berde
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turkesa
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bughaw-langit, asul
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bughaw, asul
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lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom
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mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura
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rosas, kalimbahin
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Further reading
- “bughaw”, 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, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 23: “Açul) Boghao (pc) claro”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344