Cebuano

See also: cebuano

English

Etymology

From Spanish cebuano, from Cebú (“Cebu”) +‎ -ano (“-an”).

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwaː.n̪o/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwɑːnəʊ/

Proper noun

Cebuano

1. A language spoken in the Philippines in and near the province of Cebu.

Translations

language

• Bikol Central: Cebuano
• Catalan: cebuà (ca) m
• Cebuano: Sinugboanon
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 宿霧話 / 宿雾话 (Sok-bū ōe)

  Mandarin: 宿霧語 / 宿雾语 (zh) (Sùwù yǔ)

• Dutch: Cebuano (nl) n
• Finnish: cebuano (fi)
• French: cébouano (fr) m, cebuano (fr), visayan (fr)
• Georgian: სებუანური (sebuanuri), სებუანური ენა (sebuanuri ena)
• German: Cebuano (de), Visayan, Bisayan
• Hungarian: szebuano (hu)
• Icelandic: Sebúanó
• Ilocano: Cebuano
• Indonesian: bahasa Cebuano
• Italian: cebuano (it), lingua cebuana f
• Japanese: セブアノ語 (ja) (Sebuano-go)
• Korean: 세부아노어 (Sebuano'eo)
• Limburgish: Seboewisj n
• Malay: bahasa Cebuano
• Portuguese: cebuano (pt) m
• Russian: себуа́нский m (sebuánskij), себуа́но (ru) m (sebuáno)
• Spanish: cebuano (es) m
• Tagalog: Sebwano
• Tajik: Забони себуано (Zabon-i sebuano)
• Turkish: Sabuan dili

Adjective

Cebuano (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Cebuano language or to its speakers.

Translations

pertaining to the language or its speakers

• Catalan: cebuà (ca)
• Cebuano: Sugboanon
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 宿霧話 / 宿雾话 (Sok-bū ōe)

  Mandarin: 宿霧語 / 宿雾语 (zh) (Sùwù yǔ)

• Finnish: cebuanonkielinen
• French: cébouano (fr)
• German: cebuanisch
• Hungarian: szebuano (hu)
• Malay: Cebuano
• Portuguese: cebuano (pt) m, cebuana f
• Spanish: cebuano (es)

Further reading

• Cebuano language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cebuano - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff, Cornell SEAP, 1972. 2 vols.
• Wolff's Cebuano-English Dictionary Searchable interface.
• Ethnologue entry for Cebuano, ceb ⁠
• Cebuano Lessons: from Languagelinks.org
• Cebuano Dictionary: from Speak Cebuano

Tagalog

Proper noun

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of Sebwano

Noun

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of Sebwano

Adjective

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of Sebwano