banwa

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈwa/ [ban̪ˈwa]
• Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)

1. town

   Synonym: barangay

2. municipality

   Synonym: munisipiyo

3. country; nation

   Synonym: nasyon

Derived terms

• banwaan
• himanwa
• kababanwa
• namamanwaan
• pamamanwaan

 

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• banoa, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]

Noun

banwa (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

1. small town, neighborhood; community

   Synonyms: lungsod, ilawod

2. fatherland, homeland

   Synonym: yutawhan

3. countryside; uninhabited areas

   Synonyms: ilihan, ilaya

4. thicket; forest

   Synonyms: kalibonan, lasang, sulop

5. (obsolete) weather

   Synonym: panahon

6. (obsolete) atmosphere
7. (obsolete) horizon

Derived terms

• banwaanon
• banwahanon
• tagabanwa
• tagibanwa

 

See also

• barangay
• dakbayan
• lungsod
• munisipyo
• siyudad

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 119
• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 37

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

banwa

1. place

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban.wa]
• Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa

1. town; city; municipality; state; commonwealth
2. citizenry; inhabitant

Derived terms

• banwahanon (“related to towns; pertaining to citizens”)
• dakbanwa (“city”)

 

Kapampangan

Noun

banwa

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Noun

banwa

1. town

Pangasinan

Noun

banwá

1. sun

References

1. Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• banoua, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”). Compare Ibatan vanua (“port”), Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), and Malay benua (“large expanse of land”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -anwa
• Syllabification: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

1. (uncommon) town; native land; country

   Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan

2. (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state

   Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan

3. (obsolete) sky

   Synonym: langit

4. (obsolete) weather

   Synonyms: panahon, klima, (archaic) bayan

Derived terms

• banwahanin
• dalubbanwa
• dalubbanwahan
• Nagkakaisang Banwa ng Amerika
• palabanwa
• sosyalistang banwa
• ulnubanwahin

 

See also

• bansa
• Tagbanwa

References

• “banwa”, 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^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Waray-Waray

Noun

banwá

1. grass; weed; bush