bahag

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag
  • IPA(key): /baˈhaɡ/

Noun

bahág

  1. loincloth, G-string

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag
  • IPA(key): /baˈhaɡ/

Noun

bahag

  1. a type of loincloth that was commonly used throughout the Philippines before the arrival of the European colonizers and is currently still in use today by some indigenous tribes of the Philippines

Descendants

  • Spanish: bahague

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ. Compare Ilocano baag.

Pronunciation

Noun

bahág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔)

  1. loincloth; G-string (especially the kind traditionally used by Philippine natives)
  2. sanitary belt

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bahag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bahaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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