buo

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bu‧o

Noun

buo

  1. the parasitic plant Rafflesia schadenbergiana

Anagrams

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with White Hmong peb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] bub.

Numeral

buo

  1. three

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *buʔuʔ (“whole”). Compare Asi buo, Cebuano tibuok, and Waray-Waray buok.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bu‧o
  • IPA(key): /buˈʔoʔ/, [bʊˈʔoʔ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/, [ˈbu.ʔoʔ] (obsolete)
  • Rhymes: -oʔ

Adjective

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

  1. whole; entire
    Synonyms: lahat, lahat-lahat
  2. complete; absolute; perfect
    Synonyms: ganap, lubos, kumpleto
  3. intact; sound
    Synonyms: walang-sira, walang-basag
  4. united
    Synonyms: nagkakaisa, magkakaisa
  5. solid
  6. completed; finished
    Synonyms: tapos, yari

Noun

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

  1. whole piece; total; sum
  2. unification
    Synonyms: pag-iisa, pagbubuo

Derived terms
  • bumuo
  • buoin
  • buombilang
  • buombilangin
  • buong-buo
  • kabuoan
  • mabuo
  • magbuo
  • magpabuo
  • makabuo
  • mamuo
  • nakabubuo
  • pagbubuo
  • pagbuo
  • pagkabuo
  • pagkakabuo
  • pambuo
  • pamumuo
  • pamuoin
  • sa kabuoan

See also
  • masiso

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Malay buah; compare Malay berbuah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.o]

Verb

buo

  1. (stative) to be fruitful

Conjugation
Conjugation of buo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobuo fobuo mibuo
2nd nobuo nibuo
3rd Masculine obuo ibuo, yobuo†
Feminine mobuo
Neuter ibuo
† - archaic

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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