banwa
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
Noun
banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)
- town
- Synonym: barangay
- municipality
- Synonym: munisipiyo
- country; nation
- Synonym: nasyon
Derived terms
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
Noun
banwa (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
- small town, neighborhood; community
- fatherland, homeland
- Synonym: yutawhan
- countryside; uninhabited areas
- thicket; forest
- (obsolete) weather
- Synonym: panahon
- (obsolete) atmosphere
- (obsolete) horizon
Derived terms
See also
References
- John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 119
- Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español[2] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 37
Dibabawon Manobo
Noun
banwa
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Pronunciation
Noun
banwa
Derived terms
- banwahanon (“related to towns; pertaining to citizens”)
- dakbanwa (“city”)
Kapampangan
Noun
banwa
- Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Noun
banwa
Pangasinan
Noun
banwá
References
- 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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]
- Rhymes: -anwa
- Syllabification: ban‧wa
Noun
banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
- (uncommon) town; native land; country
- Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
- (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state
- Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
- (obsolete) sky
- Synonym: langit
- (obsolete) weather
Derived terms
See also
References
- “banwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
Waray-Waray
Noun
banwá
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Bikol Central terms with Basahan script
- Bikol Central formal terms
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms with Badlit script
- Cebuano terms with obsolete senses
- Dibabawon Manobo lemmas
- Dibabawon Manobo nouns
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Hiligaynon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan nouns
- Guagua Kapampangan forms
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano lemmas
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano nouns
- Pangasinan lemmas
- Pangasinan nouns
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anwa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anwa/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with uncommon senses
- tl:Politics
- Tagalog neologisms
- Tagalog terms with obsolete senses
- Waray-Waray lemmas
- Waray-Waray nouns