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

• 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