Cebuano

See also: cebuano

English

Etymology

From Spanish cebuano, from Cebú (“Cebu”) +‎ -ano (“-an”).

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwaː.n̪o/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbwɑːnəʊ/

Proper noun

Cebuano

1. A language spoken in the Philippines in and near the province of Cebu.

Translations

language

• Bikol Central: Cebuano
• Catalan: cebuà (ca) m
• Cebuano: Sinugboanon
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 宿霧話／宿雾话 (Sok-bū ōe)

  Mandarin: 宿霧語／宿雾语 (zh) (Sùwù yǔ)

• Dutch: Cebuano (nl) n
• Finnish: cebuano (fi)
• French: cébouano (fr) m, cebuano (fr), visayan (fr)
• Georgian: სებუანური (sebuanuri), სებუანური ენა (sebuanuri ena)
• German: Cebuano (de), Visayan, Bisayan
• Hungarian: szebuano (hu)
• Icelandic: Sebúanó
• Ilocano: Cebuano
• Indonesian: bahasa Cebuano
• Italian: cebuano (it), lingua cebuana f
• Japanese: セブアノ語 (ja) (Sebuano-go)
• Korean: 세부아노어 (Sebuano'eo)
• Limburgish: Seboewisj n
• Malay: bahasa Cebuano
• Portuguese: cebuano (pt) m
• Russian: себуа́нский m (sebuánskij), себуа́но (ru) m (sebuáno)
• Spanish: cebuano (es) m
• Tagalog: Sebwano
• Tajik: Забони себуано (Zabon-i sebuano)
• Turkish: Sabuan dili

Adjective

Cebuano (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Cebuano language or to its speakers.

Translations

pertaining to the language or its speakers

• Catalan: cebuà (ca)
• Cebuano: Sugboanon
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 宿霧話／宿雾话 (Sok-bū ōe)

  Mandarin: 宿霧語／宿雾语 (zh) (Sùwù yǔ)

• Finnish: cebuanonkielinen
• French: cébouano (fr)
• German: cebuanisch
• Hungarian: szebuano (hu)
• Malay: Cebuano
• Portuguese: cebuano (pt) m, cebuana f
• Spanish: cebuano (es)

Further reading

• Cebuano language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cebuano - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff, Cornell SEAP, 1972. 2 vols.
• Wolff's Cebuano-English Dictionary Searchable interface.
• Ethnologue entry for Cebuano, ceb ⁠
• Cebuano Lessons: from Languagelinks.org
• Cebuano Dictionary: from Speak Cebuano

Tagalog

Noun

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of Sebwano

Adjective

Cebuano (feminine Cebuana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜏᜈᜓ)

1. Alternative spelling of Sebwano