baging

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baguin, baguing — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bagin

Etymology

From earlier bagin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaʀən (“vine”) with elision of /l/. Compare Aklanon baeagon, Cebuano balagon, Hiligaynon balagon, Western Bukidnon Manobo belagen, Maranao balagen, Maguindanao balagen, and Tausug bāgun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡiŋ/ [ˈba.ɣɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɡiŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧ging

Noun

baging (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜒᜅ᜔)

1. liana; vine

   Synonym: enredadera

Derived terms

• bagingan
• dakbaging
• mabaging
• mamaging

 

Further reading

• “baging”, 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 606: “Yedra) Bagin (pp) çierto jenero della que trepa, atan con ella qualquier coſa ydura al agua maſque el bejuco”
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*balaRen”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 32