BULAN
BULAN is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
búlan n {1} moon.
{2} month.
phases of the moon: patay, lunud ang new moon.
bag-u, bag-ung subang ang , búhì ang , bulhut sa punúan, primírung subang first day of the waxing crescent.
subangsúbang, ikaduhang (ikatulung) subang waxing crescent.
udtu nga half moon, usually of the waxing moon.
lákad second quarter (lit.
going toward the noon positionso called because the moon is in the east when darkness falls).
dail, daktul, takdul ang full moon.
primíru, ikaduhang piluk, dulum nga first and second days of the third quarter.
udtung lunud, kátin ang half moon of the third quarter.
himatayun ang third quarter (lit.
dying moon).
bispiras sa himatayun last day before the new moon.
shapes of the moon: inúlug amù waxing gibbous moon (lit.
monkeys head).
hayà ang crescent in a horizontal position.
páyung sa ring around the moon.
v [B236; b4] be a month.
Mubúlan nang wà mi magkítà, Its been a month since we last saw each other.
Wà pa mabúlan sukad si Tátay mamatay, It hasnt been a month since Father died.
Wà pa gánì makabúlan sukad pagtrabáhu nákù giumintuhan ku, It wasnt even a month after I had started working that I was given a raise.
Wà pa gánì ka buláni dinhi mupaúlì ka na?
You havent been here a month and you want to go home already?
Ugmang adláwa mauy ibúlan nákug puyù dinhi, Tomorrow it will make exactly a month that I have stayed here.
() {1} [A3; b] hire a servant.
Magbulan akug bátà pagtrápu sa kutsi, Ill hire a child to keep the car washed.
pa-() v [A; ab] hire oneself, s.
o.
out as a servant.
-in-() once a month, monthly.
Binulan nga sakit, The monthly sickness (menstruation).
v [A; c1] do on a monthly basis.
Ákù lang binulanun (ibinulan) ang ímung swildu, Ill pay your salary once a month.
-in-an() n household help.
-un a {1} moonlight.
{2} having weak vision (as if looking at things by moonlight).
bulanbúlan {1} every month.
Pila ímung dawátun bulanbúlan?
How much do you receive every month?
{2} k.
o.
tarpon: Megalops cyprinoides.
{3} k.
o.
moon shell with edible flesh.
{2} month.
phases of the moon: patay, lunud ang new moon.
bag-u, bag-ung subang ang , búhì ang , bulhut sa punúan, primírung subang first day of the waxing crescent.
subangsúbang, ikaduhang (ikatulung) subang waxing crescent.
udtu nga half moon, usually of the waxing moon.
lákad second quarter (lit.
going toward the noon positionso called because the moon is in the east when darkness falls).
dail, daktul, takdul ang full moon.
primíru, ikaduhang piluk, dulum nga first and second days of the third quarter.
udtung lunud, kátin ang half moon of the third quarter.
himatayun ang third quarter (lit.
dying moon).
bispiras sa himatayun last day before the new moon.
shapes of the moon: inúlug amù waxing gibbous moon (lit.
monkeys head).
hayà ang crescent in a horizontal position.
páyung sa ring around the moon.
v [B236; b4] be a month.
Mubúlan nang wà mi magkítà, Its been a month since we last saw each other.
Wà pa mabúlan sukad si Tátay mamatay, It hasnt been a month since Father died.
Wà pa gánì makabúlan sukad pagtrabáhu nákù giumintuhan ku, It wasnt even a month after I had started working that I was given a raise.
Wà pa gánì ka buláni dinhi mupaúlì ka na?
You havent been here a month and you want to go home already?
Ugmang adláwa mauy ibúlan nákug puyù dinhi, Tomorrow it will make exactly a month that I have stayed here.
() {1} [A3; b] hire a servant.
Magbulan akug bátà pagtrápu sa kutsi, Ill hire a child to keep the car washed.
pa-() v [A; ab] hire oneself, s.
o.
out as a servant.
-in-() once a month, monthly.
Binulan nga sakit, The monthly sickness (menstruation).
v [A; c1] do on a monthly basis.
Ákù lang binulanun (ibinulan) ang ímung swildu, Ill pay your salary once a month.
-in-an() n household help.
-un a {1} moonlight.
{2} having weak vision (as if looking at things by moonlight).
bulanbúlan {1} every month.
Pila ímung dawátun bulanbúlan?
How much do you receive every month?
{2} k.
o.
tarpon: Megalops cyprinoides.
{3} k.
o.
moon shell with edible flesh.