buwanan

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Cebuano buwan

Proto-Austronesian *-an

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an

Proto-Philippine *-an

Cebuano -an

Cebuano buwanan

From buwan + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /buˈanan/ [ˈbwaː.n̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: bu‧wa‧nan

Verb

buwánan (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈᜈ᜔)

1. pronunciation spelling of bulanan.

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulanan

Proto-Philippine *bulanan

Tagalog buwanan

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulanan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulanan. Compare Central Bikol bulanan. By surface analysis, buwan +‎ an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈwanan/ [ˈbwaː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: bu‧wa‧nan

Adjective

buwanan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈᜈ᜔)

1. monthly

   Synonym: buwan-buwan

   buwanang bayad ― monthly payment

Derived terms

• buwanang dalaw

See also

• kabuwanan

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI