bilangguan

Maguindanao

Etymology

From bilanggo +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /biˈlaŋɡuan/ [biˈɭ̆aŋ.ɡuʌɳ]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡuan
• Syllabification: bi‧lang‧guan

Noun

bilangguan (Jawi spelling بِلَڠْگُاَنْ)

1. prison; jail

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bilangoan, bilanguan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From bilanggo +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bilaŋˈɡuʔan/ [bɪ.lɐŋˈɡuː.ʔɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -uʔan
• Syllabification: bi‧lang‧gu‧an

Noun

bilangguan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. prison; jail

   Synonyms: kulungan, piitan, preso, bilibid, bahay-na-bato, kalaboso, karsel, hawla

Further reading

• “bilangguan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 146: “Carçel) Bilangoan (pp) o la caſa del bilango, y de eſte ſale, el cual bilango como antiguamente era alguaçil del dato aunque ſin vara, era ſu [caſa la] carçel”