buyang

Cebuano

Etymology

From Jes B. Tirol's "Kapulongnan" (2010).

Noun

buyang

1. (archaic, obsolete) paper

See also

• buyang sa pili (ballot)
• buyang-humay (rice paper)

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *buyaŋ (“colored paper”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyaŋ (“bark cloth”). Cognate Buginese ujang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbujaŋ/, [ˈɓu.jãŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧yang

Noun

buyang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨐ)

1. kind of barkcloth used to wrap packages, and as writing paper.
2. paper (but not writing paper, which is referred to as karattasaʼ).
3. playing card.
4. paper money, banknote.

Synonyms

• karattasaʼ.

Affixations

• aʼbuyang
• paʼbuyanngang

Compounds

• buyang bunga-bunga
• buyang cetaʼ
• buyang doboloʼ
• buyang kabaraʼ
• buyang kaili
• buyang kalangkari
• buyang kalùruʼ
• buyang karattasaʼ
• buyang kopèʼ
• buyang layang-layang
• buyang marmàraʼ
• buyang mauduʼ
• buyang minnyaʼ-minnyaʼ
• buyang omi
• buyang panrokoʼ
• buyang paʼluʼluʼ
• buyang putaraʼ
• buyang temboʼ

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI