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Tagalog
Etymology
From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) + -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”).
Pronunciation
Noun
banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔)
- crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)
- Synonym: bolang kristal
- (obsolete) vantage point; lookout
- Synonym: tanawan
See also
Further reading
- “banawan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “banawan”, 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
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 424: “Mirador) Banavan (pp) de doſe deſcubre mucha tierra, ſale de banau”