mulawin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• molauin, mulavin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• mulawen

Etymology

From Central Proto-Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Pangasinan bulawen, Bikol Central hamurawon, Aklanon hamue-awon, Hiligaynon hamul-awon, Waray-Waray hamurawon, Maranao molaon, and Tausug hamulawn. Doublet of mulabe.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈlawin/ [mʊˈla.wɪn]
• Rhymes: -awin
• Syllabification: mu‧la‧win

Noun

mulawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)

1. molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)

Descendants

• → Spanish: molave
  • → Tagalog: mulabe
  • → Cebuano: molave
  • → English: molave

Further reading

• “mulawin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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, page 401: “Madera) Molavin (pp) para poſtes de caſas que llaman haligi, y pa qualquier coſa es incorruptible”