alibangbang

• 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): /ʔalibaŋˈbaŋ/, [ʔʌ.l̪ɪ.bʌŋˈbaŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

alibangbáng

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 (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

alibangbang

1. butterfly

alibángbang

1. butterfly

• alibambang

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

alibangbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

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

alibangbáng

1. butterfly

alibangbang

1. flying fish