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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ban(e)sag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈsaɡ/
- Hyphenation: ban‧sag
Noun
banság (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜄ᜔)
- nickname
- Synonyms: gaha, lulo
- alias
- Synonym: alyas
Derived terms
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ban(e)sag.
Noun
bánsag
- nickname
Limos Kalinga
Noun
bansag
- floor (of split bamboo)
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ban(ə)sag (“nickname”). Compare Kapampangan bansag.
Pronunciation
Noun
banság (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜄ᜔)
- motto; slogan
- Synonym: sagisag
- surname; family name
- Synonym: apelyido
- nickname; alias
- Synonyms: palayaw, taguri
- (rhetoric) autonomasia
- claim; boast (of one's achievement)
Derived terms
Adjective
banság (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜄ᜔)
- famous; known; popular
- Synonyms: bantog, tanyag, kilala
Further reading
- “bansag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ban(e)sag”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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