buyon

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧yon
  • IPA(key): /ˈbujon/ [ˈbu.jon̪]

Etymology 1

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Noun

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buyon

  1. a flowering plant, Mussaenda anisophylla

References

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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buyon

  1. parallel

Verb

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buyon

  1. to parallel; to construct or place something parallel to something else
  2. to be parallel to something else (of a path etc.)

Derived terms

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French bouillon.

Noun

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buyon

  1. bouillon

References

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French bouillon.

Noun

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buyon

  1. bouillon

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyəquŋ. Compare Ilocano buy-ong, Cebuano buy-on, Malay buyong, and Javanese ꦧꦸꦪꦸꦁ (buyung).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buyón or buyon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. paunch; potbelly; protruding belly

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • buyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buyequŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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buyón

  1. thief