bumbunan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN, from root *buN. Doublet of bunbunan.

• IPA^(key): /bʊmˈbunən/ [bumˈbuː.nən]
• Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

bumbúnan

1. fontanelle

• bombonan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumˈbunan/ [bʊmˈbuː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -unan
• Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)

From bumbon +‎ -an.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumbuˈnan/ [bʊm.bʊˈn̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. to dump with branches or twigs to attract fish to live and nest there (usually of a deep part of a river)