bumbunan

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊmˈbunən/, [bumˈbuː.nən]
  • Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbúnan

  1. fontanelle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bumˈbunan/, [bʊmˈbu.nɐn]
  • Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

Noun

bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)

Etymology 2

From bumbon +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bumbuˈnan/, [bʊm.bʊˈnan]
  • Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan

Verb

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

  1. 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
bumbunan binumbunan binubumbunan
inabumbunan1		 bubumbunan
abumbunan1		 bumbuni1
1 Dialectal use only.
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