kabayan

• bayan

Borrowed from Old Javanese kabayan (“old; elder, chief, leader”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ba.jan/
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧yan

kabayan (Balinese script ᬓᬩᬬᬦ᭄)

1. śudras below the pamangkus
2. chief of customary village

• “kabayan” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

kabayan

1. romanization of ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀

Affixed wayah (“time”) +‎ ka- -an.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ba.jan/
• Rhymes: -yan
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧yan

kabayan

1. old

kabayan

1. elder, chief, leader

• Javanese: ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀ (kabayan)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬩᬬᬦ᭄ (kabayan)

• "kabayan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Old Javanese kabayan.

kabayan (Sundanese script ᮊᮘᮚᮔ᮪)

1. (historical, obsolete) guard of the paséban (hall)
2. village official in charge of affairs
3. one who is ordered to do something (e.g. messenger)
4. (proper noun, often followed by si) a popular Sundanese folktale character, comparable to Eulenspiegel or Nasreddin

• "KABAJAN", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

From ka- +‎ bayan (“town; homeland”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈbajan/ [kɐˈbaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: ka‧ba‧yan

kabayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. someone from the same town or country; fellow citizen

   Synonyms: kababayan, paisano

   Hoy kabayan! Kumusta?

   Hey someone from the same town as me! How is it going?

• “kabayan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kabayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018