bumbunan

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN, from root *buN. Doublet of bunbunan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊmˈbunən/
Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbúnan

fontanelle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bombonan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumˈbunan/
Rhymes: -unan
Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

(anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)

Etymology 2

From bumbon +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumbuˈnan/
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan

Verb

bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

to dump with branches or twigs to attract fish to live and nest there (usually of a deep part of a river)

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bumbunan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	bumbon		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Imperative
bumbunan	binumbunan	binubumbunan inabumbunan¹	bubumbunan abumbunan¹	bumbuni¹
¹ Dialectal use only.

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