bulan
Indonesian
/bu.lan/
noun
Definitions
- moon largest natural satellite of planet Earth
- moon any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet
- month period into which a year is divided
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bulan inherited from Proto-Malayic *bulan inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan (moon, month) inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (moon, month).
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*bulaN
Gloss
moon, month
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
月
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- บุหลัน Thai
- datang Indonesian
- buwan Tagalog
- bulan Malay
- bulan depan Malay
- bulan hadapan Malay
- kuih bulan Malay
- datang bulan Chinese
- *bulan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *bulaN Proto-Austronesian
- *bulan Proto-Malayic
- *pulan Proto-Oceanic
- volana Malagasy
- bulan Brunei Malay
- *bulan Proto-Philippine
- ᬩᬸᬮᬦ᭄ Balinese
- *bulan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- bulan Old Javanese
- buil Palauan
- bulan Sundanese
- ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪ Sundanese
- bulan Iban
- pulan Chamorro
- wula Kambera
- buleuën Acehnese
- bulan Kavalan
- *bulaːn Proto-Chamic
- bulan Sasak
- bulan Toba Batak
- bulan Karo Batak
- *bulan Proto-North Sarawak
- vuan Kanakanabu
- bulan Ngaju
- wula Palu'e
- bulad szy
- buan Bunun
- bulan Dairi Batak
- bulan Baram Kayan