sibukaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧bu‧kaw

Noun

sibukaw

  1. sappanwood Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sibukaw (“the sappan tree: Caesalpinia sappan L.”). Compare Ilocano sibukaw, Hanunoo sibukaw, Agutaynen sibukaw, Cebuano sibukaw, and Maranao sibukaw.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sibuˈkaw/ [sɪ.bʊˈxaʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: si‧bu‧kaw

Noun

sibukáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜃᜏ᜔)

  1. sapan (Biancaea sappan)
    Synonyms: sapang, kamay-pusa

Further reading

  • “sibukaw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “sibukaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sibukaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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