pulaw

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Cebuano[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pu‧law

Verb[edit]

pulaw

  1. to stay up late at night
  2. to work throughout the night; to burn the midnight oil; to pull an all-nighter
  3. to elucubrate
  4. to do nothing until morning

Kavalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

pulaw

  1. butterfly

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

puláw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜏ᜔)

  1. watching at night over a sick or dead person
    Synonyms: paglalamay, pagpupuyat, lamay
  2. act of lopping or cutting off a branch (of a tree)
    Synonyms: pulay, pusad, pulak
  3. European white water lily; white waterlily (Nymphaea alba)
  4. a variety of taro

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