tunaw na buwan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tonao na buan, tunao na bouan, tunao na buan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Literally, “melted moon”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˌnaw na buˈan/ [tʊˌnaʊ̯ nɐ ˈbwan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tu‧naw na bu‧wan

Noun

tunáw na buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) new moon

   Synonym: bagong buwan

See also

• kabilugan ng buwan

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot