pulaw - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• puwaw

• Hyphenation: pu‧law

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

pulaw

1. butterfly

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈlaw/ [pʊˈlaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: pu‧law

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