"banawan" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /baˈnawan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bɐˈn̪aː.wɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔ [Baybayin], banauan [alternative], ban-awan [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -awan Etymology: From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) + -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”). Etymology templates: {{af|tl|banaw|-an|lit=object/place for farseeing|t1=seeing from a high or distant point}} banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) + -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”, {{cog|hil|ban-awan||magic mirror}} Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔)
  1. crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future) Synonyms: bolang kristal
    Sense id: en-banawan-tl-noun-rpnKtBz8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms suffixed with -an, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Divination Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -an: 73 27 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 76 24 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 59 41 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Divination: 100 0
  2. (obsolete) vantage point; lookout Tags: obsolete Synonyms: tanawan
    Sense id: en-banawan-tl-noun-UVBd7Chj Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: banayaban, batyawan, manghuhula

Alternative forms

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