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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
buwag
- to separate; to cause (things or people) to be separate
- to disunite something from one thing; to disconnect
- to estrange
- to divorce
- to have one's marriage annulled
Adjective
buwag
- detached
- (of spouses) estranged; living apart
- (by extension) divorced
- (by extension) having had the marriage annulled
Adverb
buwag
- apart; aside
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:buwag.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buag. Doublet of buwal. See also Cebuano bulag.
Pronunciation
Adjective
buwág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜄ᜔)
- demolished; torn down
- Synonyms: giba, giniba, wasak, winasak
- abolished; disbanded; dissolved (of an organization, etc.)
- Synonym: lansag
Derived terms
Noun
buwág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜄ᜔)
- demolition; tearing down
- Synonyms: pagbuwag, giba, paggiba, wasak, pagwasak
- abolition; disbandment; dissolution (of an organization, etc.)
- Synonyms: lansag, paglansag, pagbuwag
Further reading
- “buwag” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “buwag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buág”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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