Bunlay

See also: bunlay

Tagalog

"Burney" via the Boxer Codex (c. 1590s)

Alternative forms

• Bonlay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly a metathesis of *Bulnáy, syncopation from an intermediate term *Bulunáy, from Classical Malay برِونَي (Berunai). Compare Maranao Boronay. Doublet of Brunei and Borneo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bunˈlaj/ [bʊn̪ˈlaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: Bun‧lay

Proper noun

Bunláy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. Brunei; Borneo

   Synonym: Brunei

Derived terms

• suntok-bunlay

 

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 364