alibangbang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.l̪iˈbam.baŋ]

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• Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

alibángbáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. (Naga) dragonfly

   Synonym: atibagros

2. (dialectal) butterfly

   Synonyms: kulagbaw, kalibangbang, mariposa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Ilocano kulibangbang, Coastal Kadazan kohibambang plus Brunei Malay kulimambang and kalimambang) from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Amis adipangpang).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈbam.bɐŋ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

alibángbang

1. butterfly

   Synonym: kabakaba

2. orchid tree, and their leaves whose sap is used as a souring agent
   1. orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea, syn. Phanera purpurea)
   2. yellow bell orchid tree (Bauhinia tomentosa); Saint Thomas tree
   3. Malabar orchid tree (Piliostigma malabaricum); Malabar bauhinia
3. butterflyfish
4. angelfish
5. the pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:alibangbang.

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.liˈbɐm.bɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋbaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧bang‧bang

alibangbang (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜪᜥ᜴ᜪᜥ᜴) (zoology)

1. butterfly

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 25

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

alibangbang

1. butterfly

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

alibángbang

1. butterfly

• alibambang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-baŋbaŋ (“kind of tree with leaves shaped like butterflies”), from Proto-Austronesian *qali- (prefix for words with a sensitive reference to the spirit world) + Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (“butterfly, moth”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalibaŋˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.bɐmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧bang‧bang

alibangbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. small, roadside, yellow-winged butterfly
2. Malabar orchid tree; Malabar bauhinia (Piliostigma malabaricum)

• “alibangbang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “alibangbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

alibangbáng

1. butterfly

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

alibangbang

1. flying fish