banawan

See also: ban-awan and baṅawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• banauan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• ban-awan — obsolete

Etymology

From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) +‎ -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈnawan/ [bɐˈnaː.wɐn]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: ba‧na‧wan

Noun

banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔)

1. crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)

   Synonym: bolang kristal

2. (obsolete) vantage point; lookout

   Synonym: tanawan

See also

• banayaban
• batyawan
• manghuhula

 

Further reading

• “banawan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “banawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 424: “Mirador) Banavan (pp) de doſe deſcubre mucha tierra, ſale de banau”