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Cebuano
Etymology
Literally, “dying moon”, as the moon becomes less and less visible throughout night and day, and the light reflected from the moon becomes dimmer and thinner.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /himaˌtajon ŋa ˈbulan/
- (l-eliding dialects) IPA(key): /himaˌtajon ŋa ˈbuwan/
- Hyphenation: hi‧ma‧ta‧yon‧nga‧bu‧lan
Noun
himatayon nga bulan (Badlit spelling ᜑᜒᜋᜆᜌᜓᜈ᜔ ᜅ ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)
- (dated, astronomy) waning moon; third and fourth quarter
- (obsolete, astronomy) fourth quarter; waning crescent;[1] lunar phase between waning half-moon going into new moon
- Antonyms: (crescent phase) subang ang bulan, subangsubang, subang
References
- ^ John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 173