babaylan
English edit
Noun edit
babaylan (plural babaylans)
- A Philippine shaman.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From an initial reduplication of baylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Malay belian. Possibly related to babaye.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babaylan
- (historical) in pre-colonial Cebu; a woman, sometimes an effeminate man, who functioned as a village priestess or medium
Hiligaynon edit
Noun edit
babáylan
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Cebuano babaylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Ilocano baglan, Kapampangan mamalian, Bikol Central balyan, Maranao waliyan, Malay belian, Central Dusun bobohizan, and Balinese ᬩᬮ᭄ᬬᬦ᭄ (balian).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babaylán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)