habagat
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *habaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧ba‧gat
- IPA(key): /haˈbaɡat/
Noun
habagat
- south
- Synonym: sur
Derived terms
- habagatan
See also
- amihan
- sirangan
- subangan
- sulnopan
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *habaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧ba‧gat
- IPA(key): /haˈbaɡat/, [hʌˈba.ɡʌt̪]
Noun
habagat
- the southwest monsoon
Derived terms
- habagatan
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *habaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat.
Noun
habagat
- southwest monsoon
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *habaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat (“southwest monsoon”), from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat (“east or south wind”). Compare Ivatan avayat, Ilocano abagat, Kapampangan abagat, Hiligaynon bagatnan, Kavalan balat, Malay barat, Maori āwhā, and Palauan ngebard.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧ba‧gat
- IPA(key): /haˈbaɡat/, [hɐˈba.ɣɐt]
Noun
habagat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊᜄᜆ᜔)
- south or southwest wind
- southwest monsoon
- Synonym: habagat-lubang
- (obsolete) west
- Synonym: kanluran
Derived terms
- habagatan
- habagatin
- habagat-lubang
- hinahabagat
- humabagat
- maghabagat
See also
- amihan
Further reading
- “habagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier