barangay
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Pronunciation
edit- (Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/
Noun
editbarangay (plural barangays) (Philippines)
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
- Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editBikol Central
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarangáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍᜅᜌ᜔)
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Hiligaynon
editEtymology
editFrom older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarangáy
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Maranao
editNoun
editbarangay
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarangay m (plural barangayes)
Further reading
edit- “barangay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish barangay, where the /ŋ/ sound developed into a /ŋɡ/ sound, from balangay (“a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines”). Doublet of balangay.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay
Noun
editbarangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜌ᜔)
- barangay (the smallest administrative division in the Philippines, a subdivision of cities and municipalities)
- (historical) local polity or settlement during the Philippine precolonial period
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “barangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English terms borrowed from Tagalog
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- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/aj
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