ibon

See also: ibọn and ibón

English

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Tagalog ibon (bird).

Noun

ibon (plural ibons)

1. cinnamon ibon (Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus)
   • 2022, Susan Myers, The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names, page 172:

     The single species of ibon, the Cinnamon Ibon, is a small passerid sparrow in the monotypic genus Hypocryptadius found only on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Etymology 2

Noun

ibon (plural ibons)

1. A self-service kiosk found in 7-Eleven stores in parts of Asia.
   • 2012, C. Y. Huang, Y. C. Lin, “The Study of Business Model Innovation: The Case of 7-Eleven ibon”, in Yu Da Academic Press, volume 33:

     (see title)

   • 2015, Christopher Lovelock, Paul Patterson, Services Marketing, page 440:

     Inspired by multimedia kiosks in Japan, 7-Eleven introduced a user-friendly multimedia kiosk –ibon – into its stores in 2006. ibon enabled 7-Eleven to provide various self-services which required the minimal involvement of shop assistants.

   • 2017, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, Lonely Planet Taiwan:

     Use an ibon kiosk (Chinese only) at a 7-Eleven to book your train ticket. Take the printed slip of paper with your booking number and pay at the counter.

   • 2020, Alan R. Nankervis, Julia Connell, John Burgess, The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond:

     Most of the 7-Eleven stores are installed with an “i-bon” kiosk machine which allows customers to carry out their retail shopping; pay their bills or fines; book tickets for concerts, trains or flights; buy credit for games; post parcels; apply for bank loans and more.

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog ibon, from Kapampangan ebun (“egg”), from Proto-Central Luzon *ʔəybun, from Proto-Philippine *ibun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔibon/ [ˈʔi.bon̪]
• Hyphenation: i‧bon

Noun

íbon (Basahan spelling ᜁᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (Daet) bird

   Synonyms: gamgam, bayong

Tagalog

mga iba't ibang espesye ng ibon

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan ebun (“egg”), from Proto-Central Luzon *ʔəybun, from Northern Proto-Philippine *ʀubun (“egg”). Compare Sambali oybon (“egg”), Ilongot lubun, Casiguran Dumagat Agta bunay, Central Bikol bunay, and Waray-Waray bunay. See also Ilocano ibon (“large bird (obsolete)”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔibon/ [ˈʔiː.bon̪]
• Rhymes: -ibon
• Syllabification: i‧bon

Noun

ibon (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. bird
2. (games) tails (in heads or tails)

   Synonym: taob

   Antonyms: tao, tihaya

3. (slang, euphemistic) cock; penis

   Synonyms: bebot, titi

Derived terms

• bahay-ibon
• dalub-ibon
• dalub-ibunan
• haribon
• ibon-ibunan
• ibong mababa ang lipad
• ibong malaya
• ibong mandaragit
• ibong maninila
• ibong sawi
• ibunan
• mag-ibon
• mag-iibon
• maibon
• mangibon
• mangingibon
• palaibunan
• pamugaw-ibon

See also

• inakay

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bino