bumbunan

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN, from root *buN. Doublet of bunbunan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊmˈbunən/ [bumˈbuː.nən]
• Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbúnan

1. fontanelle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bombonan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumˈbunan/ [bʊmˈbuː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -unan
• Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)

Etymology 2

From bumbon +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumbuˈnan/ [bʊm.bʊˈn̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

Verb

bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. to dump with branches or twigs to attract fish to live and nest there (usually of a deep part of a river)

Conjugation

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.