Bulawan

gold / goldennoun / adjective

Alternative meanings

gold
golden
precious metal
gold jewelry
something valuable
something precious
gold color

Pronunciation

boo-LAH-wahn

Root and affixes

Bulawan is the main word for gold. From this root comes bulawanon, meaning golden, noble, or gold-colored.

Variants or conjugations

bulawan = gold / golden / jewel
bulawanon = golden / noble / valuable
bulaw = golden / bronze-colored
oro = gold, Spanish loanword in some contexts
de bulawan = made of gold

Related words and expressions

alahas = jewelry
kwarta = money
bili = value
mahal = expensive / dear
puthaw = metal / iron
mina = mine

Meaning and usage notes

Use bulawan for gold as a material or precious metal. Oro may also be understood as a loanword, but bulawan is the more native Cebuano/Bisaya form.