bulakan

See also: Bulakan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwakan

Etymology

bulak +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan

1. the giant potato (Ipomoea mauritiana)

Tagalog

Etymology

From bulak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /buˈlakan/ [bʊˈlaː.xɐn] (“cotton plantation”, noun; “to apply cotton”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -akan
  • IPA^(key): /bulaˈkan/ [bʊ.lɐˈxan] (“species of flowering vine”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bu‧la‧kan

Noun

bulakan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. cotton plantation

Verb

bulakan (complete binulakan, progressive binubulakan, contemplative bubulakan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. to apply cotton on

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bulakan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	bulak		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
bulakan	binulakan	binubulakan inabulakan1	bubulakan abulakan1	bulaki1
1 Dialectal use only.

Noun

bulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. Decalobanthus peltatus (a species of flowering vine)

See also

• Bulacan

Further reading

• “bulakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018