bulalakaw

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”). Borrowed from Hiligaynon or Cebuano bulalakaw.

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
• IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakau/, [bulaˈlakaʊ̯]

bulalakaw

1. meteorite, shooting star

• buwakaw

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
• IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakaw/, [bʊ.l̪ʌˈl̪a.kaʊ̯]

bulalakaw

1. (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
2. a shooting star; a meteorite

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulalakaw.

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”).

bulalákaw

1. (Visayan mythology) a deity described as a shining bird or human-bird hybrid
2. a meteorite, shooting star

• bolalácao, bulalácao – obsolete

From Proto-Philippine *bulalakaw (“shooting star; kind of spirit”), possibly through Hiligaynon or Cebuano. Cognate with Cebuano bulakaw (“spirit resembling St. Elmo's fire”) and Maranao bolalakaw (“craze, madness or insanity caused by evil spirit”).

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧la‧kaw
• IPA^(key): /bulaˈlakaw/, [bʊ.lɐˈla.xaʊ̯]

bulalakaw

1. meteor; shooting star

   Synonyms: taeng-bituin, bituing-alpas

2. St. Elmo's fire

   Synonym: santelmo

3. (by extension) comet

   Synonym: kometa

4. (by extension, obsolete) rocket

• magbulalakaw

• “bulalakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018