puhunan

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Compare Ilocano puonan, Tagalog puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pu‧hu‧nan IPA(key): /puˈhunan/ [pʊˈhu.n̪ɐn̪] === Noun === puhunan capital investment === Verb === puhunan to capitalize; to invest == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === pohonan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Related to puno (“tree”). Compare Ilocano puonan, Sambali poonan, Cebuano puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puˈhunan/ [pʊˈhuː.n̪ɐn̪] Rhymes: -unan Syllabification: pu‧hu‧nan === Noun === puhunan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜓᜈᜈ᜔) (business) capital Synonym: kapital investment ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kapampangan: puhunan === Further reading === “puhunan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun-an”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI