bogambilya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bongabilya
bongambilya, bonggambilya
bunggabilya, bunggambilya

Etymology

Borrowed from English bougainvillea, named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Compare Spanish buganvilla.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bo‧gam‧bil‧ya

IPA^(key): /boɡamˈbilja/, [bo.ɣɐmˈbil.jɐ]

Noun

bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

(botany) bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Further reading

“bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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