banwa
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈwa/, [ban̪ˈwa]
- Hyphenation: ban‧wa
Noun
banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)
- town
- Synonym: barangay
- municipality
- Synonym: munisipiyo
- country; nation
- Synonym: nasyon
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧wa
- IPA(key): /banˈwa/, [bʌn̪ˈwa]
Dibabawon Manobo
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/, [ˈban.wa]
- Hyphenation: ban‧wa
Derived terms
- banwahanon (“related to towns; pertaining to citizens”)
- dakbanwa (“city”)
Kapampangan
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- banoua, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”). Compare Ibatan vanua (“port”), Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), and Malay benua (“large expanse of land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/, [ˈban.wɐ]
- Hyphenation: ban‧wa
Noun
banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
Derived terms
- banwahanin
- dalubbanwa
- dalubbanwahan
- Nangagkakaisang Banwa ng Amerika
- palabanwa
- sosyalistang banwa
- ulnubanwahin
References
- “banwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
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