buwang palaba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palabang buwan

Etymology

From buwan (“moon”) +‎ palaba (“waxing; growing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˌaŋ palaˈbaʔ/, [ˌbwam pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ]

• IPA^(key): /ˌbuaŋ palaˈbaʔ/, [ˌbu.ɐm pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: bu‧wang pa‧la‧ba

Noun

buwáng palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. crescent moon

   Synonyms: gasuklay, bulang gasuklay

2. (obsolete) waxing moon

See also

• buwang patunaw

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 575
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier