banaag

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banaqaR.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈnaʔaɡ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧na‧ag

Noun

banáag (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈᜀᜄ᜔)

  1. beam of light
  2. firelight
  3. moonlight

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banaqaR.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧na‧ag
  • IPA(key): /baˈnaʔaɡ/

Noun

banáag

  1. gleam
  2. daybreak

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banaqaʀ (“radiance, as of rising sun”).

Pronunciation

Noun

banaag (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜀᜄ᜔)

  1. soft ray; glimmer; faint light
    Synonyms: sinag, sikat, kislap
  2. faint manifestation; glimpse
    Synonyms: anaag, silay

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “banaag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 96.
  • Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish), page 16
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*banaqaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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