alibangbang

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibángbáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. (Naga) dragonfly
    Synonym: atibagros
  2. (dialectal) butterfly
    Synonyms: kulagbaw, kalibangbang, mariposa

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Ilocano kulibangbang, Coastal Kadazan kohibambang plus Brunei Malay kulimambang and kalimambang) from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Amis adipangpang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibángbang

  1. butterfly
    Synonym: kabakaba
  2. orchid tree, and their leaves whose sap is used as a souring agent
    1. orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea, syn. Phanera purpurea)
    2. yellow bell orchid tree (Bauhinia tomentosa); Saint Thomas tree
    3. Malabar orchid tree (Piliostigma malabaricum); Malabar bauhinia
  3. butterflyfish
  4. angelfish
  5. the pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus)

Quotations

Derived terms

References

  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋbaŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibangbang (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜪᜥ᜴ᜪᜥ᜴) (zoology)

  1. butterfly

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 25

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibangbang

  1. butterfly

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibángbang

  1. butterfly

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-baŋbaŋ (“kind of tree with leaves shaped like butterflies”), from Proto-Austronesian *qali- (prefix for words with a sensitive reference to the spirit world) + Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (“butterfly, moth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alibangbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. small, roadside, yellow-winged butterfly
  2. Malabar orchid tree; Malabar bauhinia (Piliostigma malabaricum)

See also

Further reading

  • “alibangbang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “alibangbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibangbáng

  1. butterfly

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibangbang

  1. flying fish
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