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
- fontanelle
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bombonan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan
- IPA(key): /bumˈbunan/, [bumˈbu.nɐn]
Noun
bumbunan
- (anatomy) fontanelle (especially of a newborn baby)
Etymology 2
From bumbon + -an.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan
- IPA(key): /bumbuˈnan/, [bʊm.bʊˈnan]
Verb
bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan)
- 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. |