barangay
English
Pronunciation
- (Philippine) IPA(key): /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/
Noun
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”)
Synonyms
Related terms
Bikol Central
Etymology
From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
- IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/, [ba.ɾaŋˈɡaɪ̯]
Noun
barangay
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
Cebuano
Etymology
From older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
- IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/, [bʌ.ɾ̪ʌŋˈɡaɪ̯]
Noun
barangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baraŋˈɡaj/
Noun
barangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Maranao
Spanish
Further reading
- “barangay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay
Noun
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
Further reading
- “barangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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