kaluluwa

• caloloua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kalulowa
• kalulwa

From Proto-Philippine *ka-du-duha (“soul, spirit of a living person”), from ka- +‎ *duha (“two”, fossilized form of dalawa), with reduplication of the first syllable of the root, and /d/ sound-shifted to /l/. Compare Ilocano kararua, Pangasinan kamarerua, Dupaningan Agta kaliduwa, Ibanag ikakarwa, Kapampangan kaladdua, Tagbanwa kiyarulwa, Maranao ikadowa, Mansaka kallowa, Tausug aluwa, and Central Dusun koduduo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaluluˈa/ [kɐ.lʊˈlwa], /ˌkaluluˈa/ [ˌka.lʊˈlwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧lu‧lu‧wa

kaluluwá or káluluwá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜎᜓᜏ)

1. soul; spirit; essence

   Synonyms: espiritu, diwa, buhay, alma, anima

2. (obsolete) rational soul

• “kaluluwa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kaluluwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 233
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 438.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 46: “Alma) Calolova (pc) raçional del hombre”
  • page 56: “Anima) Calolova (pc) raçional”
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*duSa § *ka-du-duhá”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary