buo
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧o
Noun
buo
- the parasitic plant Rafflesia schadenbergiana
Anagrams
- ubo
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with White Hmong peb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] bub.
Numeral
buo
- three
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- boo – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *buʔuʔ (“whole”). Compare Asi buo, Cebuano tibuok, and Waray-Waray buok.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧o
- IPA(key): /buˈʔoʔ/, [bʊˈʔoʔ]
- IPA(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/, [ˈbu.ʔoʔ] (obsolete)
- Rhymes: -oʔ
Adjective
buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)
- whole; entire
- Synonyms: lahat, lahat-lahat
- complete; absolute; perfect
- Synonyms: ganap, lubos, kumpleto
- intact; sound
- Synonyms: walang-sira, walang-basag
- united
- Synonyms: nagkakaisa, magkakaisa
- solid
- completed; finished
- Synonyms: tapos, yari
Noun
buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)
- whole piece; total; sum
- unification
- Synonyms: pag-iisa, pagbubuo
Derived terms
- bumuo
- buoin
- buombilang
- buombilangin
- buong-buo
- kabuoan
- mabuo
- magbuo
- magpabuo
- makabuo
- mamuo
- nakabubuo
- pagbubuo
- pagbuo
- pagkabuo
- pagkakabuo
- pambuo
- pamumuo
- pamuoin
- sa kabuoan
See also
- masiso
Further reading
- “buo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Ternate
Etymology
Possibly from Malay buah; compare Malay berbuah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbu.o]
Verb
buo
- (stative) to be fruitful
Conjugation
| Conjugation of buo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tobuo | fobuo | mibuo | |
| 2nd | nobuo | nibuo | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | obuo | ibuo, yobuo† | |
| Feminine | mobuo | |||
| Neuter | ibuo | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh