See also: Bulan

Alangan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulán

  1. moon

Azerbaijani

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Participle

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bulan

  1. subject non-past participle of bulmaq

Bakung

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Balinese

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Romanization

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bulan

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬮᬦ᭄.

Baram Kayan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Bikol Central

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bulan

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.l̪an̪]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

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búlan (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

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Bintulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Brooke's Point Palawano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulan (compare Malay bulan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bulan/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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bulan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. the Moon
    1. moon of other planets
  2. month
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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bulán (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. to hire a servant
Quotations
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References

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  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 69
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Dairi Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Dupaningan Agta

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Galician

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Verb

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bulan

  1. inflection of bulir:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Hanunoo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lɐn]
  • Rhymes: -ulan
  • Syllabification: bu‧lan

Noun

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bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. month (period into which a year is divided)

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Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89

Higaonon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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búlan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ibaloi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lan]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

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bulan (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Doublet of rembulan and wulan. The sense any natural satellite of a planet is a semantic loan from Dutch maan (moon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bulan (plural bulan-bulan)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
    Bulan malam ini sangat bulat.The moon is very round tonight.
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
    Bulan Titan yang mengorbit planet Saturnus memiliki kandungan hidrokarbon yang signifikan.
    The moon Titan, that orbits Saturn, has significant numbers of hydrocarbon.
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)
    Kami harus membayar tagihan air setiap bulan.
    We have to pay the water bill every month.

Synonyms

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See Thesaurus:bulan.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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bulan

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbulən/ [ˈbuː.lən]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lan

Noun

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búlan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Derived terms

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Karo Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Kavalan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon

Kayapa Kallahan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Kelabit

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Sarawak *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Limos Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as [script needed] (vulan).

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bulan (Jawi spelling بولن, plural bulan-bulan)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)
    Aku pergi ke sana dua kali untuk setiap bulan.
    I go there twice for every month.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: bulan

References

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  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بولن bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 132
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bulan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 161-2

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Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Matigsalug Manobo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. month
  2. moon

Ngaju

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. month (period into which a year is divided)

Descendants

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Ratagnon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Remontado Agta

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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búlan

  1. moon
  2. month

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Romani bul (buttocks).

Noun

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bulan n (plural bulane)

  1. (slang) good luck
  2. (slang) leg

Declension

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Declension of bulan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bulan bulanul bulani bulanii
genitive-dative bulan bulanului bulani bulanilor
vocative bulanule bulanilor

Sasak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Sundanese

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Sundanese register set
lemes sasih
lemes ka sorangan {{{les}}}
lemes ka batur {{{leb}}}
loma bulan
cohag {{{co}}}

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

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bulan (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪) (loma)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Swedish

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Noun

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bulan

  1. definite singular of bula

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Cebuano bulan, from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Proposed by Eusebio Daluz by the 20th century to use the Visayan word instead of Tagalog buwan (moon; month) to distinguish moon and month to have equivalents for Spanish luna (moon) and Spanish mes (month). Doublet of buwan.

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Noun

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bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔) (neologism)

  1. moon
    Synonyms: buwan, (rare) luna

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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
  • Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 12.
  • Lope K. Santos (1938) Gabriel A. Bernardo, transl., Sources and means for further enrichment of Tagalog as our national language[3], Manila : University of the Philippines, pages 123–124

Tausug

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bulan

Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /bulan/ [bʊˈlan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: bu‧lan

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bulan (Sulat Sūg spelling بُلَنْ)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Toba Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)

Turkish

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Verb

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bulan

  1. imperfect participle of bulmak

Yakan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulan

  1. moon
  2. month

Yogad

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

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bulán

  1. moon
  2. month