bahag

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag
  • IPA(key): /baˈhaɡ/ [baˈhaɡ]

Noun

bahág

  1. loincloth, G-string

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag
  • IPA(key): /baˈhaɡ/ [bɐˈhaɡ]

Noun

bahag

  1. a type of loincloth that was commonly used throughout the Philippines before the arrival of the European colonizers and is currently still in use today by some indigenous tribes of the Philippines

Descendants

  • → Spanish: bahague

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ. Compare Spanish bahague, Ilocano baag.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈhaɡ/ [bɐˈhaɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: ba‧hag

Noun

bahág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔)

  1. loincloth; G-string (especially the kind traditionally used by Philippine natives)
  2. sanitary belt

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bahag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bahaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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