buyang
Cebuano
Etymology
From Jes B. Tirol's "Kapulongnan" (2010).
Noun
buyang
- (archaic, obsolete) paper
See also
- buyang sa pili (ballot)
- buyang-humay (rice paper)
Makasar
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *buyaŋ (“colored paper”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyaŋ (“bark cloth”). Cognate Buginese ujang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbujaŋ/, [ˈɓu.jãŋ]
- Hyphenation: bu‧yang
Noun
buyang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨐ)
- kind of barkcloth used to wrap packages, and as writing paper.
- paper (but not writing paper, which is referred to as karattasaʼ).
- playing card.
- paper money, banknote.
Synonyms
Affixations
- aʼbuyang
- paʼbuyanngang
Compounds
- buyang bunga-bunga
- buyang cetaʼ
- buyang doboloʼ
- buyang kabaraʼ
- buyang kaili
- buyang kalangkari
- buyang kalùruʼ
- buyang karattasaʼ
- buyang kopèʼ
- buyang layang-layang
- buyang marmàraʼ
- buyang mauduʼ
- buyang minnyaʼ-minnyaʼ
- buyang omi
- buyang panrokoʼ
- buyang paʼluʼluʼ
- buyang putaraʼ
- buyang temboʼ
Further reading
- A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill,