puhunan

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Compare Ilocano puonan, Tagalog puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧hu‧nan
• IPA^(key): /puˈhunan/ [pʊˈhu.n̪ɐn̪]

Noun

puhunan

1. capital
2. investment

Verb

puhunan

1. to capitalize; to invest

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pohonan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun-an, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun (“base of a tree; cause; source, origin; beginning”), via Malay pohon. Doublet of puno. Compare Ilocano puonan, Sambali poonan, Cebuano puhunan, Maranao po'onan, Tausug puunan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈhunan/ [pʊˈhuː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -unan
• Syllabification: pu‧hu‧nan

Noun

puhunan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. capital

   Synonym: kapital

2. investment

Derived terms

• ipamuhunan
• mamuhunan
• mamumuhunan
• puhunanan

Descendants

• → Kapampangan: puhunan

Further reading

• “puhunan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*puqun-an”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI