bagong buwan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bagong bouan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From bago (“new”) +‎ buwan (“moon”). Calque of Spanish luna nueva.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɡoŋ buˈan/ [ˌba.ɣom ˈbwan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ba‧gong bu‧wan

Noun

bagong buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. new moon

   Synonym: (obsolete) tunaw na buwan

See also

• kabilugan ng buwan

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot