"banwa" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /banˈwa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bɐn̪ˈwa] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: banwá [canonical], ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ [Baybayin], banoua [alternative], banua [alternative], banuwa [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”). Compare Ibatan vanua (“port”), Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), and Malay benua (“large expanse of land”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:inh|poz-pro:*banua<t:inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community>|text=++}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "banwa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="banwa"> Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”)., {{cog|ivb|vanua||port}} Ibatan vanua (“port”), {{cog|pag|banwa||sun}} Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), {{cog|pam|banua||year, sky, heaven}} Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), {{cog|ceb|banwa||homeland}} Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), {{cog|hil|banwa||town}} Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), {{cog|ms|benua||large expanse of land}} Malay benua (“large expanse of land”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|banwá|b=+}} banwá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
  1. (uncommon) town; native land; country Tags: uncommon Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
    Sense id: en-banwa-tl-noun-KjWN~h6i Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 29 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 12 26 14 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 27 16 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 57 39 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 57 39 2 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons: 57 39 2 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 57 38 2 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 57 38 2 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 58 39 1 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 47 50 1 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 41 26 16 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 52 46 1 1
  2. (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state Tags: neologism Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
    Sense id: en-banwa-tl-noun--YGFjZ5M Categories (other): Tagalog neologisms, Politics, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 29 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 12 26 14 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 27 16 0 0 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 47 50 1 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 52 46 1 1 Topics: government, politics
  3. (obsolete) sky Tags: obsolete Synonyms: langit
    Sense id: en-banwa-tl-noun-BfUU-ufK
  4. (obsolete) weather Tags: obsolete Synonyms: panahon, klima, bayan [archaic]
    Sense id: en-banwa-tl-noun-5ecr6048
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: banwahanin, dalubbanwa, dalubbanwahan, Nagkakaisang Banwa ng Amerika, palabanwa, sosyalistang banwa, ulnubanwahin Related terms: bansa, Tagbanwa

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.