bumbunan

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Kapampangan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bumbúnan

  1. fontanelle

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

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

Etymology 2

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From bumbon +‎ -an.

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Verb

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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
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