buyon
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧yon
- IPA(key): /ˈbujon/ [ˈbu.jon̪]
Etymology 1
Noun
buyon
- a flowering plant, Mussaenda anisophylla
References
Etymology 2
Adjective
buyon
Verb
buyon
- to parallel; to construct or place something parallel to something else
- to be parallel to something else (of a path etc.)
Derived terms
- mobuyon
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Noun
buyon
References
- Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Noun
buyon
References
- D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- boyon — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyəquŋ. Compare Ilocano buy-ong, Cebuano buy-on, Malay buyong, and Javanese ꦧꦸꦪꦸꦁ (buyung).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈjon/ [bʊˈjon̪], /ˈbujon/ [ˈbuː.jon̪]
- Rhymes: -on, -ujon
- Syllabification: bu‧yon
Noun
buyón or buyon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
- buyunan
- buyunin
- magkabuyon
Further reading
- “buyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buyequŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Waray-Waray
Noun
buyón