bulantubig

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bulan tubig
• bulang tubig

Etymology

From bula (“bubble”) +‎ -n- +‎ tubig (“water”), according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bulanˈtubiɡ/ [bʊ.lɐn̪ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -ubiɡ
• Syllabification: bu‧lan‧tu‧big

Noun

bulantubig (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔) (obsolete)

1. orange (color/colour)

   Synonyms: kahel, narangha

2. greyish-brown

Usage notes

• More sources identify bulantubig with orange.

Derived terms

• bulantubigin
• magbulantubig

 

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