kalahatian-ng-buwan
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From kalahatian + ng + buwan, literally “halfway of the moon; halfway of the month”.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kalahaˌtiʔan naŋ buˈan/, [kɐ.lɐ.hɐˌti.ʔɐn nɐm ˈbwan]
- Hyphenation: ka‧la‧ha‧ti‧an-ng-bu‧wan
Noun edit
kalahatian-ng-buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
- half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- Synonym: medya luna
- middle day of the month
Further reading edit
- “kalahatian-ng-buwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018