banawan

See also: ban-awan and baṅawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

banauan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
ban-awan — obsolete

Etymology

From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) +‎ -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈnawan/, [bɐˈna.wɐn]
Hyphenation: ba‧na‧wan

Noun

banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔)

crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)
Synonym: bolang kristal
(obsolete) vantage point; lookout
Synonym: tanawan

“banawan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
“banawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 424: “Mirador) Banavan (pp) de doſe deſcubre mucha tierra, ſale de banau”

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