panday-bangsi
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- panday bangsi
- panday-bansi
Etymology
From panday (“smith”) + bangsi (“native flute”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˌdaj baŋˈsiʔ/ [pɐn̪ˌd̪aɪ̯ bɐn̪ˈsɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: pan‧day-bang‧si
Noun
pandáy-bangsî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒ) (obsolete)
- native flute maker; native flute artisan
- Synonym: magbabangsi
- Panday-bangsi ka?
- Are you a flute maker?
References
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 321: “Flautero) Pandaybangſi (pc) [que las] haçe. I. ofiçial de flautas”