banwa

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈwa/ [ban̪ˈwa]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)

  1. town
    Synonym: barangay
  2. municipality
    Synonym: munisipiyo
  3. country; nation
    Synonym: nasyon

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • banoa, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]

Noun

banwa (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

  1. small town, neighborhood; community
    Synonyms: lungsod, ilawod
  2. fatherland, homeland
    Synonym: yutawhan
  3. countryside; uninhabited areas
    Synonyms: ilihan, ilaya
  4. thicket; forest
    Synonyms: kalibonan, lasang, sulop
  5. (obsolete) weather
    Synonym: panahon
  6. (obsolete) atmosphere
  7. (obsolete) horizon

Derived terms

See also

References

  • John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 119
  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851), Diccionario bisaya-español‎[2] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 37

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

banwa

  1. place

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban.wa]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa

  1. town; city; municipality; state; commonwealth
  2. citizenry; inhabitant

Derived terms

Kapampangan

Noun

banwa

  1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Noun

banwa

  1. town

Pangasinan

Noun

banwá

  1. sun

References

Swahili

Verb

-banwa (infinitive kubanwa)

  1. Passive form of -bana

Conjugation

Conjugation of -banwa
Positive present -nabanwa
Subjunctive -banwe
Negative -banwi
Imperative singular banwa
Infinitives
Positive kubanwa
Negative kutobanwa
Imperatives
Singular banwa
Plural banweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubanwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -libanwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubanwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabanwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabanwa/nabanwa tunabanwa
2nd person unabanwa mnabanwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabanwa wanabanwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nabanwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -banwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sibanwi hatubanwi
2nd person hubanwi hambanwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habanwi hawabanwi
other classes negative subject concord + -banwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabanwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabanwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -banwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nibanwe tubanwe
2nd person ubanwe mbanwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abanwe wabanwe
other classes positive subject concord + -banwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibanwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebanwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebanwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibanwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibanwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abanwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nabanwa twabanwa
2nd person wabanwa mwabanwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abanwa wabanwa
m-mi(III/IV) wabanwa yabanwa
ji-ma(V/VI) labanwa yabanwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabanwa vyabanwa
n(IX/X) yabanwa zabanwa
u(XI) wabanwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabanwa
pa(XVI) pabanwa
mu(XVIII) mwabanwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebanwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabanwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabanwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibanwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobanwa
Consecutive kabanwa / positive subject concord + -kabanwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabanwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibanwa -tubanwa
2nd person -kubanwa -wabanwa/-kubanweni/-wabanweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbanwa -wabanwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ubanwa -ibanwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -libanwa -yabanwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibanwa -vibanwa
n(IX/X) -ibanwa -zibanwa
u(XI) -ubanwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubanwa
pa(XVI) -pabanwa
mu(XVIII) -mubanwa
Reflexive -jibanwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -banwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -banwaye -banwao
m-mi(III/IV) -banwao -banwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -banwalo -banwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -banwacho -banwavyo
n(IX/X) -banwayo -banwazo
u(XI) -banwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -banwako
pa(XVI) -banwapo
mu(XVIII) -banwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -banwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebanwa -obanwa
m-mi(III/IV) -obanwa -yobanwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobanwa -yobanwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobanwa -vyobanwa
n(IX/X) -yobanwa -zobanwa
u(XI) -obanwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobanwa
pa(XVI) -pobanwa
mu(XVIII) -mobanwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”). Compare Ibatan vanua (“port”), Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), and Malay benua (“large expanse of land”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anwa
  • Syllabification: ban‧wa

Noun

banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

  1. (uncommon) town; native land; country
    Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
  2. (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state
    Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
  3. (obsolete) sky
    Synonym: langit
  4. (obsolete) weather
    Synonyms: panahon, klima, (archaic) bayan

Derived terms

See also

References

Waray-Waray

Noun

banwá

  1. grass; weed; bush
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