bumbunan
Kapampangan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN, from root *buN. Doublet of bunbunan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bumbúnan
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- (anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- to dump with branches or twigs to attract fish to live and nest there (usually of a deep part of a river)
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for bumbunan
Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
-an | bumbon | object | ||
Aspect | Imperative | |||
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
bumbunan | binumbunan | binubumbunan inabumbunan1 |
bubumbunan abumbunan1 |
bumbuni1 |
1 Dialectal use only. |