banyaga
Cebuano
Etymology
From Malay berniaga (“trade”), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka, “merchant”), derived from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”), with semantic change to “rascal”. Compare Ilocano baniaga (“trade”), Tagalog banyaga (“foreigner”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧ya‧ga
- IPA(key): /banˈjaɡaʔ/, [bʌn̪ˈja.ɡʌʔ]
Adjective
banyagà
- evil; wicked; mean
Noun
banyagà
- rascal; scoundrel
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
- bangyaga
Etymology
From Malay berniaga (“trade”), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka, “merchant”), derived from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”). Compare Tagalog banyaga (“foreigner”), Ilocano baniaga. Second sense is a semantic loan from Tagalog banyaga.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧ya‧ga
- IPA(key): /bənˈjaɡə/, [bənˈjäː.ɡə]
Noun
banyága
- trade
- foreigner
Derived terms
- magbanyaga
Mansaka
Etymology
From Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka), derived from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”), possibly via Cebuano banyaga (“wicked”).
Adjective
banyaga
- rude; ill-mannered; uncouth; ungentlemanly
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- baniaga – obsolete
Etymology
From Malay berniaga (“trade”), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka, “merchant”), derived from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”), with semantic change to “foreigner”. Compare Cebuano banyaga (“rascal”), Ilocano baniaga (“trade”), and Tausug banyaga' (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧ya‧ga
- IPA(key): /banˈjaɡaʔ/, [bɐˈɲa.ɣɐʔ]
Adjective
banyagà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜌᜄ)
- foreign; alien
Noun
banyagà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜌᜄ)
- foreigner; alien
- Synonym: dayuhan
Further reading
- Wolff, John U. (1976), “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 351
- Chang, T'ien-Tse (1962), “Malacca and the Failure of the first Portuguese Embassy to Peking”, in Journal of Southeast Asian History, volume 3, issue 2, The National University of Singapore, page 47