buyon

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Cebuano[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bu‧yon
  • IPA(key): /ˈbujon/, [ˈbu.jɔn̪]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

buyon

  1. a flowering plant, Mussaenda anisophylla

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

buyon

  1. parallel

Verb[edit]

buyon

  1. to parallel; to construct or place something parallel to something else.
  2. to be parallel to something else (of a path etc.)

Derived terms[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bouillon.

Noun[edit]

buyon

  1. bouillon

References[edit]

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Seychellois Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French bouillon.

Noun[edit]

buyon

  1. bouillon

References[edit]

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyəquŋ. Compare Ilocano buy-ong, Cebuano buy-on, Malay buyong, and Javanese ꦧꦸꦪꦸꦁ (buyung).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bu‧yon
  • IPA(key): /buˈjon/, [bʊˈjon]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbujon/, [ˈbu.jon]

Noun[edit]

buyón or buyon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. paunch; potbelly; protruding belly

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • buyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*buyequŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Waray-Waray[edit]

Noun[edit]

buyón

  1. thief