buwanan

Cebuano

Etymology

buwan +‎ -an

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧wa‧nan

Verb

buwanan

  1. to rent, lease or pay something monthly

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

buwanan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. monthly
    Synonym: buwan-buwan
    buwanang bayad ― monthly payment

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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