bogambilya
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English bougainvillea, named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Compare Spanish buganvilla.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boɡamˈbilja/ [bo.ɣɐmˈbil.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -ilja
- Syllabification: bo‧gam‧bil‧ya
Noun
[edit]bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (botany)
- bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)
Further reading
[edit]- “bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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