bulan

Malay

[bulan]

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 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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