banig

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧nig
• IPA^(key): /baˈniɡ/ [baˈn̪ɪɡ]

Noun

banig

1. a mattress, carpet or mat; especially a mat made of woven pandan or buri palm leaves

Verb

banig

1. to carpet, to put a mat under

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧nig
• IPA^(key): /baˈniɡ/ [baˈn̪iɡ]

Noun

baníg

1. mat

   Synonym: hamak

Derived terms

• magbanig

Hiligaynon

Noun

baníg

1. carpet, mat, mattress

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaniɡ/ [ˈbaː.ni̞ɡ̚] (“ghost”)
  • Rhymes: -aniɡ
• IPA^(key): /baˈniɡ/ [bʌˈni̞ɡ̚] (“bladed weapon”)
  • Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: ba‧nig

Noun

bánig

1. ghost; spirit of the recently dead
2. act of an anito to restrain someone along a path so that person is unable to move forward even if the person is walking

Derived terms

• mabanig

Noun

baníg

1. machete, bolo, cutlass, knife

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “banig”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 67
• Allen, Larry (2021), “banig”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “banig”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Keley-I Kallahan

Noun

banig

1. ghost

Maranao

Verb

banig

1. to find

Northern Catanduanes Bikol

Noun

baníg

1. mat

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Central Bikol banig, Cebuano banig, and Hiligaynon banig.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈniɡ/ [bɐˈn̪ɪɡ̠̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: ba‧nig

Noun

baníg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜒᜄ᜔)

1. woven mat (for sleeping, flooring, etc.)
2. wrapper (of pins, paper, etc.)

Derived terms

• banigan
• banigin
• magbanig

Related terms

• higaan
• latag
• tulugan

Anagrams

• Abing, bagin

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈniɡ/, [baˈniɡ]

Noun

baníg

1. mat; sleeping mat

Yogad

Noun

banig

1. ghost