bahala

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers (edit)
[a], [b]   100,000  ←  10,000,000 (107) 100,000,000 (108) 1,000,000,000 (109)  → 
    Cardinal: sandaang angaw, sambahala
    Spanish cardinal: siyento milyones
    Ordinal: ikasandaang angaw, pansandaang angaw, ikabahala, pangbahala, ikasambahala
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-100000000, pang-100000000
    Collective: bahala

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भार (bhāra, burden; load; weight).[1] Compare Kapampangan bala, Cebuano bála / baláha (to carry something on the back, not tied),[2] Malay bahara (weight),[3][4] and Javanese ꦧꦫ (bara, hundred million). Otherwise, it may also possibly be from Bathala, which was from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈhalaʔ/ [bɐˈha.lɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -alaʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧ha‧la

Noun

bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ)

  1. responsibility
  2. ː Synonym: responsabilidad
  3. person responsible
    Synonyms: tagapangasiwa, katiwala, patnugot, tagapangalaga, tagapamahala
  4. management; custody; charge
    Synonyms: pangangasiwa, pamamatnubay, pamamatnugot
  5. apprehension; presentiment

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ)

  1. answerable; accountable; responsible

Numeral

bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. hundred million
    Synonyms: sandaang milyon, sampung kati

Derived terms

  • sambahala

References

  1. Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 276
  2. John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
  3. bahara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  4. Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 118

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Most likely ultimately deriving from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌba.ha.ˈlaː/

Noun

bahala

  1. disaster

Alternative forms

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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