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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bula (“bubble”) + -n- + tubig (“water”), according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613).
Pronunciation
Noun
bulantubig (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔) (obsolete)
- orange (color/colour)
- Synonyms: kahel, narangha
- greyish-brown
Usage notes
- More sources identify bulantubig with orange.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bulantubig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 440: “Naranjado) Bulantubig (pp) color conoçido...duo dic: bula, tubig .|. eſpuma de agua”
- Corazon S. Alvina (1989) Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House