bantay
See also: bàn tay
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/, [ban̪ˈtaɪ̯]
- Hyphenation: ban‧tay
Noun
bantáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
Derived terms
- bantayan
- magbantay
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧tay
- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/, [bʌn̪ˈt̪aɪ̯]
Verb
bantáy
- to watch over something
- to notice
- to watch out for; to beware
- to watch for something to pass
Derived terms
Derived terms
- balantayan (“guard post”)
- bantayanan (“needing careful watching”)
- bantaybantay
- bantayng iro (“guard dog”)
- bantay sa balutbot
- bantay sa ganghaan (“porter”)
- bantay sa kalinaw (“police officer”)
- bantay sa tanaman (“gardener”)
- himantayon (“busybody; meddlesome”)
- mabantayon (“watchful”)
- mabinantayon (“watchful”)
- magbabantay (“watcher”)
Hiligaynon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbantaj/, [ˈban.taɪ̯]
- Hyphenation: ban‧tay
Derived terms
- magbalantay
- manugbantay
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/, [bɐnˈtaɪ̯]
- Hyphenation: ban‧tay
Derived terms
- agbantay
- banbantay
- bantayan
Isnag
Maranao
Derived terms
- bantabantay
- bantayan
- bantayaw
- mabantay
- pababantay
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Chinese.[1] Compare Hokkien 望 (bāng)臺/台 (tâi),[2] Hokkien 萬代/万代 (bān-tāi), Hokkien 向望 (ǹg-bāng), Tagalog abang, and Tagalog antay. Cognates with Bikol Central bantay, Cebuano bantay, Hiligaynon bantay, Kapampangan bante, Maranao bantay, and Waray-Waray bantay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/, [bɐnˈtaɪ̯]
- Hyphenation: ban‧tay
Noun
bantáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
Derived terms
- bantay-bilangguan
- bantay-bukid
- bantay-pinto
- bantay-ronda
- bantay-salakay
- bantay-tumana
- bantayan
- ipagbantay
- kabantayan
- magbantay
- pagbabantay
References
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 124
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 15
Further reading
- “bantay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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