buwang palaba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

palabang buwan

Etymology

From buwan (“moon”) +‎ palaba (“waxing; growing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buˌaŋ palaˈbaʔ/, [ˌbwam pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ]

IPA^(key): /ˌbuaŋ palaˈbaʔ/, [ˌbu.ɐm pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (obsolete)
Hyphenation: bu‧wang pa‧la‧ba

Noun

buwáng palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜊ)

crescent moon
Synonyms: gasuklay, bulang gasuklay
(obsolete) waxing moon

See also

buwang patunaw

Further reading

Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 575
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

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