bubon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

• IPA^(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bon

bubón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. well (for water)

   Synonym: balon

bubon

1. accusative singular of bubo

Borrowed from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

• IPA^(key): /by.bɔ̃/

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bubon m (plural bubons)

1. bubo

• bubonique

• → Portuguese: bubão

• “bubon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

• IPA^(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bón

bubón

1. well (for water)

From Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bubon, Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubɔn/

bubon m inan (diminutive bubonk)

1. (music) drum

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “bubon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “bubon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

bubon

1. well (for collecting water)

Borrowed from French bubon. Possibly a doublet of bubă.

bubon n (plural buboane)

1. bubo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

• IPA^(key): /bubɔn/, [ˈbubɔn]
• Rhymes: -ubɔn
• Hyphenation: bu‧bon

bubon m inan (relational adjective bubnový, diminutive bubník or bubníček, augmentative bubnisko)

1. drum (musical instrument)

• “bubon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• bobon — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun (“well; cistern; spring”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈbon/ [bʊˈbon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bu‧bon

bubón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. well (hole sunk into the ground); cistern; spring

   Synonym: balon

• “bubon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bubon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 358: “Hoyo) Bobon (pc) donde ſe recoje agua como para coçina o otra coſa, es vocablo de la cõtra coſta hasta Calaylayan”
  • page 487: “Poço) Bobon (pc) donde recojen agua lloue diça”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bubun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI