buwan

Cebuano

Etymology

See bulan.

Noun

buwan

  1. (dialectal, Urban Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) Alternative form of bulan
  2. ring or circle where the can is placed or made to stand in bato lata

Verb

buwan

  1. in bato lata, in an event of a standing, to use the buwan as an attack line

Tagalog
buwan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Elision of /l/ from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Compare Ilocano bulan, Pangasinan bulan, Kapampangan bulan, Cebuano bulan, Hiligaynon bulan, Waray-Waray bulan, Indonesian bulan, Sundanese bulan, Javanese bulan, Malay bulan, Fijian vula, Malagasy volana, and Niuean pula. Doublet of bulan.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bu‧wan
  • IPA(key): /buˈan/, [ˈbwan]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuan/, [ˈbu.wɐn] (obsolete)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. moon
    Synonyms: (rare) luna, (neologism) bulan
  2. month
    Synonym: (rare) mes

Derived terms

See also
  • gasuklay (“crescent moon”)
  • kabilugan (“full moon”)
  • kalabit (“starting of the new moon”)
  • katapusan (“last days of the month”)
  • katunawan (“last quarter”)
  • kulalaying (“Tagalog lunar deity”)
  • laib (“shrinking of the full moon after a few days”)
  • malakarit (“new moon”)
  • manilong (“lunation, synodic month”)
  • maningas (“lunation, synodic month”)
  • mulangdilim (“first day of shrinking from the full moon”)
  • palaba (“moonrise, crescent moon”)
  • sangmukti (“blemishes on the full moon”)
  • tagdilim (“days which the moon is not visible”)
  • taon (“year”)

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