# alibangbang
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.l̪iˈbam.baŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

### Noun

alibángbáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)
* (Naga) dragonfly
    Synonym: atibagros
* (dialectal) butterfly
    Synonyms: kulagbaw, kalibangbang, mariposa

## 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: /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈbam.bɐŋ]
* Hyphenation: a‧li‧bang‧bang

### Noun

alibángbang
* butterfly
    Synonym: kabakaba
* orchid tree, and their leaves whose sap is used as a souring agent
** orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea, syn. Phanera purpurea)
** yellow bell orchid tree (Bauhinia tomentosa); Saint Thomas tree
** Malabar orchid tree (Piliostigma malabaricum); Malabar bauhinia
* butterflyfish
* angelfish
* 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 (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 24

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaliˈbaŋbaŋ/ [ʔa.liˈbɐm.bɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋbaŋ
* Syllabification: a‧li‧bang‧bang

### Noun

alibangbang (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜪᜥ᜴ᜪᜥ᜴) (zoology)
* 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
* butterfly

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alibángbang
* butterfly

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* alibambang

### Etymology

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) + Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (“butterfly, moth”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

alibangbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜅ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)
* small, roadside, yellow-winged butterfly
* Malabar orchid tree; Malabar bauhinia (Piliostigma malabaricum)

#### See also

* aliparo
* paruparo

### Further reading

* “alibangbang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “alibangbang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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.

### Noun

alibangbáng
* butterfly

## Yami
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alibangbang
* flying fish