bahag

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bahág

  1. loincloth, G-string

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • Spanish: bahague

Tagalog

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bahág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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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