bantuan

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay bantuan, from Classical Malay bantuan. Equivalent to bantu +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [banˈtuan]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧tu‧an

Noun

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bantuan (plural bantuan-bantuan, first-person possessive bantuanku, second-person possessive bantuanmu, third-person possessive bantuannya)

  1. assistance, help.
    Synonyms: amal, derma, donasi, infak, pertolongan, sedekah, sokongan, subsidi, sumbangan
  2. (education) bursary: a monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
    Synonym: beasiswa

Compounds

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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From banto +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bantuán (complete binantuan, progressive binabantuan, contemplative babantuan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. to dilute a liquid product (to make it inferior by adding water, etc.)
    • 2002, Virgilio S. Almario, Bulacan: lalawigan ng bayani at bulaklak, →ISBN:
      Hindi maaayos ang pagbibinhi o pag-ani kung ang tubig sa dagat ay "alangaang " o tubig na binantuan. Maging ang sikat ng buwan ay batayan kung pasasalaot at mamamalakaya.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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