buwang palaba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palabang buwan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /buˌaŋ palaˈbaʔ/ [ˌbwam pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbuaŋ palaˈbaʔ/ [ˌbuː.ɐm pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: 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 (overall work in Tagalog and English), 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