banawan
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) + -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈnawan/ [bɐˈna.wɐn]
- Rhymes: -awan
- Syllabification: ba‧na‧wan
Noun[edit]
banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔)
- crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)
- Synonym: bolang kristal
- (obsolete) vantage point; lookout
- Synonym: tanawan
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “banawan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “banawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 424: “Mirador) Banavan (pp) de doſe deſcubre mucha tierra, ſale de banau”