puhunan

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Compare Ilocano puonan, Tagalog puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧hu‧nan
  • IPA(key): /puˈhunan/

Noun

puhunan

  1. capital
  2. investment

Verb

puhunan

  1. to capitalize; to invest

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Doublet of puno. Compare Ilocano puonan, Cebuano puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan.

Pronunciation

Noun

puhunan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. capital
    Synonym: kapital
  2. investment

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kapampangan: puhunan

Further reading

  • “puhunan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun-an”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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