See also: bǔwán

Cebuano

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Etymology

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See bulan.

Noun

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buwan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. (dialectal, Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) Alternative form of bulan
  2. ring or circle where the can is placed or made to stand in bato lata

Verb

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buwan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. in bato lata, in an event of a standing, to use the buwan as an attack line

Porohanon

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Etymology

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

Noun

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buwan

  1. moon
  2. month

Tagalog

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buwan

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Elision of /l/ from Proto-Philippine *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Compare Ilocano bulan, Pangasinan bulan, Kapampangan bulan, Cebuano bulan, Hiligaynon bulan, Waray-Waray bulan, Maranao bolan, Indonesian bulan, Sundanese ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪ (bulan), Javanese ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀ (rembulan), Malay bulan, Fijian vula, Malagasy volana, and Niuean pula. Doublet of bulan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. moon
    Synonym: (neologism) bulan
  2. month

Usage notes

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  • Today, in some parts of Batangas, sense month is pronounced as búwan ( /ˈbuan/) while moon is pronounced as buwán (/buˈan/). Both senses were pronounced búwan around the 19th century according to the Spanish dictionaries but now both buwán in Standard Tagalog.

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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