bungo

See also: buŋo

English

Etymology 1

The transliteration of Japanese 文語 (ぶんご, bungo) "writing language".

Alternative forms

• Bungo

Noun

bungo (uncountable)

1. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 C.E., and commonly used until circa 1900.

Synonyms

• Classical Japanese

Etymology 2

Noun

bungo (plural bungos or bungoes)

1. A kind of canoe used in Central America and South America.
2. A kind of boat used in the southern United States. (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
3. A large sailboat once used in Mexico.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bungo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Asi

Noun

bungô

1. (anatomy) skull

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Bikol Central

Noun

bungô

1. (anatomy) skull

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Japanese

Romanization

bungo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶんご

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Tagalog

Noun

bungô

1. (anatomy) skull