banwa

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈwaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)

  1. town
    Synonym: barangay
  2. municipality
    Synonym: munisipiyo
  3. country; nation
    Synonym: nasiyon

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa
  • IPA(key): /banˈwa/,

Noun

banwá

  1. fatherland, homeland
  2. city; community; town

See also

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

banwa

  1. place

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/,
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa

  1. town; city; municipality; state; commonwealth
  2. citizenry; inhabitant

Derived terms

Kapampangan

Noun

banwa

  1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Noun

banwa

  1. town

Pangasinan

Noun

banwá

  1. sun

References

  1. Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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/,
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

  1. (uncommon) town; native land; country
    Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
  2. (politics, neologism) state
    Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
  3. (obsolete) sky
    Synonym: langit
  4. (obsolete) weather
    Synonyms: panahon, klima, (archaic) bayan

Derived terms

See also

References

Waray-Waray

Noun

banwá

  1. grass; weed; bush
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