barangay
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/
Noun[edit]
barangay (plural barangays)
- (Philippines) The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
- (Philippines) Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)
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Bikol Central[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barangay
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Hiligaynon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Maranao[edit]
Noun[edit]
barangay
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Noun[edit]
barangay m (plural barangayes)
Further reading[edit]
- “barangay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From balangay (“a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines”), most likely reborrowed from Spanish barangay where the /ŋ/ sound developed into a /ŋɡ/ sound. Doublet of balangay.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay
Noun[edit]
barangáy (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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “barangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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