baywang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baeuang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• baewang, baiwang — obsolete
• bayauang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bayawang
• bewang — colloquial
• bay-awang — now dialectal, Southern Tagalog

Etymology

Syncopic form of earlier variant bayawang. Compare Remontado Agta bay-awang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bajˈwaŋ/ [baɪ̯ˈwaŋ], (colloquial) /ˈbewaŋ/ [ˈbɛː.wɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bay‧wang

Noun

baywáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔) (anatomy)

1. waist

Derived terms

• baywang-hantik
• baywang-kokakola
• baywangan
• baywangin
• lampas-baywang
• mamaywang
• nakapamaywang
• pamamaywang
• walang-baywang

 

Further reading

• “baywang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “baywang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 148
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 119.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 374: “Iarra) Bayavang [(pc)] q̃ deçimos dedos aſas”
  • page 393: “Lomos) Bay avang (pc) de la perſona”
  • page 617: “Zintura) Bay avang (pc) del cuerpo”