buwang patunaw

Tagalog

Etymology

From buwan (“moon”) +‎ patunaw (“ongoing melting”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˌaŋ patuˈnaw/ [ˌbwam pɐ.t̪ʊˈn̪aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: bu‧wang pa‧tu‧naw

Noun

buwáng patunáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔)

1. (obsolete) waning moon

See also

• buwang palaba

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 206