alipin

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Northern Luzon *alipən, from Proto-Philippine *qadipən (“slave”), doublet from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudipən (“slave”), which is possibly a suffixed form of *qudip (“to live”). Compare Pamplona Atta ajjipan, Bikol Central uripon, Cebuano ulipon, Maguindanao ulipen, Maranao oripen, and Tausug īpun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlipin/ [ʔɐˈliː.pɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -ipin
• Syllabification: a‧li‧pin

Noun

alipin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔)

1. slave

   Synonyms: busabos, bulyang

2. act of treating someone like a slave
3. (historical) lowest class in ancient Tagalog society

   Coordinate terms: timawa, maharlika, lakan, maginoo

Derived terms

• alipinin
• aliping namamahay
• aliping sagigilid
• kaalipinan
• maalipin
• magpaalipin
• malaalipin
• malaaliping salig
• mapaalipin
• paalipin
• pagkaalipin
• pagkamalaalipin
• pang-aalipin
• ugaling-alipin
• umalipin

 

See also

• bihag

Further reading

• “alipin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qadipen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qudipen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI