alibangbang

Cebuano

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈbam.bɐŋ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibángbang

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)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:alibangbang.

Derived terms

• alibangbangon (“butterflyfish”)

References

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.l̪iˈbam.baŋ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibángbáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

1. (Naga) dragonfly

   Synonym: atibagros

2. (dialectal) butterfly

   Synonyms: kulagbaw, kalibangbang, mariposa

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.liˈbɐm.bɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋbaŋ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧bang‧bang

Noun

alibangbang (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜪᜥ᜴ᜪᜥ᜴) (zoology)

1. butterfly

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 25

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibangbang

1. butterfly

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibángbang

1. butterfly

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alibambang
• kalibangbang — dialectal, Quezon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *qali-

Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-baŋbaŋ

Tagalog alibangbang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-baŋbaŋ (“kind of tree with leaves shaped like butterflies”), from Proto-Austronesian *qali- (prefix for words with a sensitive reference to the spirit world) + *baŋbaŋ (“butterfly, moth”). Compare Brunei Malay kulimambang.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alibangbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

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

See also

• aliparo
• paruparo

Further reading

• “alibangbang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alibangbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baŋbaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalibaŋˈbaŋ/, [ʔa.li.bamˈbaŋ]

Noun

alibangbáng

1. butterfly

References

• Abuyen, Tomas A. (2000), “alibangbang”, in Diksyunaryo Waray-waray (Visaya), English-Tagalog, Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 7

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ.

Noun

alibangbang

1. flying fish