bughaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw. Cognate with Tagalog bughaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡhaw/ [ˈbuɡ.hɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: bug‧haw

Adjective

búghaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

búghaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. blue (color/colour)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• boghao, boghau, bughao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw. Compare Hanunoo bulhaw and Cebuano bughaw. See also Japanese 青(あ​お) (a​o, “blue; blue green; green”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buɡˈhaw/ [bʊɡˈhaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: bug‧haw

Adjective

bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. blue (color/colour)

   Synonym: asul

2. faded in color

   Synonyms: kupas, pasyaw, lipas

Noun

bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

1. blue; azure (color/colour)

   Synonym: asul

Derived terms

• bughaw-langit
• bumughaw
• dugong bughaw
• kabughawan
• mamughaw
• pamughawin

 

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

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