bandying-bandying

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • banjing-banjing

Etymology

Reduplication of English bandying (“passing about casually”), from bandy +‎ -ing. Literally, “as if passing about casually”.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbandjiŋ ˈbandjiŋ/ [ˌban̪.d͡ʒɪm ˈban̪.d͡ʒɪŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌbandjiŋ ˈbandjiŋ/ [ˌban̪.d̪jɪm ˈban̪.d̪jɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -andjiŋ
  • Syllabification: ban‧dying-ban‧dying

Noun

bándying-bándying (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜅ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. gallivanting; aimless wandering; ambitionless roaming about
    Synonyms: gala, laboy, libot

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bandying-bandying”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 14
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