kasambahay
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier kasangbahay, from the /ŋ/ becoming /m/ before /b/ due to nasal assimilation. By surface analysis, ka- + sam- + bahay (“house”), literally “someone sharing with a single house”. Commonly mistaken to be a blend of kasama (“companion”) + bahay (“house”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ka‧sam‧ba‧hay
Noun edit
kasambaháy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)
- domestic servant; domestic worker
- inmate (person who shares a residence)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “kasambahay”, 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 200: “Criado) Caſangbahay (pp) que ſirue [en caſa], tres [dice] ca, sang, bahay .|. que es deſu [miſma] caſa”