banwa
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- city, community, town
- homeland
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (territory, inhabited land) derived from Proto-Austronesian *banua.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*banua
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- banwaanon Cebuano
- turok Cebuano
- turok banwa Cebuano
- banwa Tagalog
- dalubbanwahan Tagalog
- *banua Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *banua Proto-Austronesian
- *bənua Proto-Malayic
- *fenua Proto-Polynesian
- banwa Bikol Central
- *panua Proto-Oceanic
- banwa Hiligaynon
- fonu Chuukese
- Belau Palauan
- ᮘᮥᮃᮔ Sundanese
- Vanuatu Bislama