binyag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• biniyag — obsolete

Etymology

According to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860), this word is from Brunei, perhaps Brunei Malay, which originally meant “to pour water from above”, which was an ablution ceremony (c.f. wudu) done by an imam while teaching Islam, and was possibly later applied to Christian baptism. Blust & Trussel also posit Proto-Philippine *buniag. Compare Ilocano buniag, Bikol Central bunyag, Cebuano bunyag, Hiligaynon bunyag, and Maranao boniyag.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bin‧yag
• IPA^(key): /binˈjaɡ/, [bɪˈɲaɡ]

Noun

binyág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜄ᜔)

1. (Christianity) baptism

   Synonyms: bawtismo, pagbibinyag

Derived terms

• binyagan
• Binyagan
• mabinyagan
• magbinyag
• magpabinyag
• maminyagan
• ninang sa binyag
• ninong sa binyag
• pabinyagan
• pagbibinyag

 

See also

• sawan
• sutmondilaw

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*buniag”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary