bumbunan

== Kapampangan == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN, from root *buN. Doublet of bunbunan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊmˈbunən/ [bumˈbuː.nən] Hyphenation: bum‧bu‧nan === Noun === bumbúnan fontanelle == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bombonan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunbunan, from Proto-Austronesian *buNbuN + *-an. Compare Hanunoo bubon, Bikol Central bubon-bubon, Cebuano bubon, Maranao ombon-ombonan, and Malay ubun-ubun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bumˈbunan/ [bʊmˈbuː.n̪ɐn̪] Rhymes: -unan Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan ==== Noun ==== bumbunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔) (anatomy) fontanelle (soft spot on a baby's head) Synonym: pontanel === Etymology 2 === From bumbon +‎ -an. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bumbuˈnan/ [bʊm.bʊˈn̪an̪] Rhymes: -an Syllabification: bum‧bu‧nan ==== Verb ==== bumbunán (complete binumbunan, progressive binubumbunan, contemplative bubumbunan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈᜈ᜔) to dump with branches or twigs to attract fish to live and nest there (usually of a deep part of a river) ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “bumbunan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “bumbunan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buNbuN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI