alibangbang

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Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang
  • IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/
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Noun

alibángbang

  1. (Naga) dragonfly
    Synonym: atibagros
  2. (dialectal) butterfly
    Synonyms: kulagbaw, kalibangbang

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Amis adipangpang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔalibaŋˈbaŋ/, [ʔʌ.l̪ɪ.bʌŋˈbaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibangbáng

  1. butterfly
  2. orchid tree, and their leaves whose sap is used as a souring agent
    1. orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea, syn. Phanera purpurea)
    2. yellow bell orchid tree (Bauhinia tomentosa); Saint Thomas tree
    3. Malabar orchid tree (Piliostigma malabaricum); Malabar bauhinia
  3. butterflyfish
  4. angelfish
  5. the pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alibangbang.

Derived terms

References
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

Higaonon

Noun

alibangbang

  1. butterfly

Hiligaynon

Noun

alibángbang

  1. butterfly

Waray-Waray

Noun

alibangbáng

  1. butterfly

Yami

Noun

alibangbang

  1. flying fish
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