kalahatian-ng-buwan
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kalahatian + ng + buwan, literally “halfway of the moon; halfway of the month”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalahaˌtiʔan naŋ buˈan/ [kɐ.lɐ.hɐˌti.ʔɐn nɐm ˈbwan]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ka‧la‧ha‧ti‧an-ng-bu‧wan
Noun
[edit]kalahatian-ng-buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
- half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- Synonym: medya luna
- middle day of the month
Further reading
[edit]- “kalahatian-ng-buwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018