magbahay-bahay

Tagalog

Etymology

From mag- + reduplication of bahay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɡbaˌhaj baˈhaj/ [mɐɡ.bɐˌhaɪ̯ bɐˈhaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: mag‧ba‧hay-ba‧hay

Verb

magbaháy-baháy (complete nagbahay-bahay, progressive nagbabahay-bahay, contemplative magbabahay-bahay, 2nd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)

1. to go from house to house; to visit every home
   • 2017 October 2, Genaro R. Gojo Cruz, Connect the Dots: O Kung Paano ko Kinulayan ang Aking Buhay, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

     Pinatulog na ako ni Ka Amado sa kanilang bahay, upang sa umaga pa lang at di pa sumisikat ang araw ay nagsisimula na akong magbahay-bahay at maghagilap ng mga mukhang nakangiti at nakaligtaang mayroong silang dapat tubusin […]

     Amado already asked me to sleep, so by morning while the sun has not yet risen I will start going from house to house and seek smiling faces who forgot they have something they should redeem […]

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for magbahay-bahay

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mag- ᜋᜄ᜔		bahay-bahay ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magbahay-bahay ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔	nagbahay-bahay ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔	nagbabahay-bahay ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ nagabahay-bahay1 ᜈᜄᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔	magbabahay-bahay ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ magabahay-bahay1 ᜋᜄᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ gabahay-bahay1 ᜄᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔	formal	kababahay-bahay ᜃᜊᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ kapagbabahay-bahay ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔	magbahay-bahay1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔
				informal	kakabahay-bahay ᜃᜃᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ kakapagbahay-bahay ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ kapapagbahay-bahay ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔
1 Dialectal use only.