katin ang bulan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • katin ang buwan — dialectal
  • udtong katin ang bulan

Etymology

Literally, “the moon is hanging (high up in the sky)”. So called as the moon in this phase is directly overhead at dawn when people awake.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˌkatin ʔaŋ ˈbulan/ [ˌka.t̪ɪn̪ ʔɐŋ ˈbu.l̪ɐn̪]
  • (l-eliding dialects) IPA(key): /ˌkatin ʔaŋ ˈbuwan/ [ˌka.t̪ɪn̪ ʔɐŋ ˈbu.wɐn̪]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧tin‧ang‧bu‧lan

Noun

phases of the moon
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katin ang bulan (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜈ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. (obsolete, astronomy) waning half-moon; visible high in the sky at daybreak
    Synonym: udtong lunod ang bulan
    Antonym: (half-moon phase) udtong bulan
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