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Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliʀ (“(entire) stalk of bananas; ear of grain”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano bulig, Cebuano bulig, Maranao olig, Malay bulir, and Javanese ꦮꦸꦭꦶ (wuli).
Pronunciation
Noun
buwíg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜄ᜔)
- bunch or cluster of fruits
Further reading
- “buwig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buliR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI