bantay
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See also: bàn tay
Bikol Central
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bantáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bántay
Verb
[edit]bántay
- to watch over something
- to notice
- to watch out for; to beware
- to watch for something to pass
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- balantayan (“guard post”)
- bantayanan (“needing careful watching”)
- bantaybantay
- bantayng iro (“guard dog”)
- bantay sa balutbot
- bantay sa ganghaan (“porter”)
- bantay sa kalinaw (“police officer”)
- bantay sa tanaman (“gardener”)
- himantayon (“busybody; meddlesome”)
- mabantayon (“watchful”)
- mabinantayon (“watchful”)
- magbabantay (“watcher”)
Hiligaynon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bantay
Verb
[edit]bantay
Derived terms
[edit]Ilocano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bantáy
Derived terms
[edit]Isnag
[edit]Noun
[edit]bantay
Maranao
[edit]Verb
[edit]bantay
Derived terms
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Chinese.[1] Compare Hokkien 望 (bāng)臺 / 台 (tâi),[2] Hokkien 萬代 / 万代 (bān-tāi), Hokkien 向望 (ǹg-bāng), Tagalog abang, and Tagalog antay. Cognates with Bikol Central bantay, Cebuano bantay, Hiligaynon bantay, Kapampangan bante, Maranao bantay, and Waray-Waray bantay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /banˈtaj/ [bɐn̪ˈt̪aɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ban‧tay
Noun
[edit]bantáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- guard; escort; watch
- act of guarding (a person, place, object, etc.)
- (endearing) affectionate epithet for a dog
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 124
- ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 15
Further reading
[edit]- “bantay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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