banyaga'
See also: banyaga
Tausug
Etymology
From Malay berniaga (“trade”), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka, “merchant”), from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”), with semantic change to “slave”. Compare Cebuano banyaga (“rascal”), Ilocano baniaga (“trade”), and Tiruray baniyaga (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧ya‧ga'
- IPA(key): /baˈnjaɡaʔ/, [bɐˈnja.ɣɐʔ]
Noun
banyaga'
- slave
- Synonym: īpun
Derived terms
- banyagaun
- magbanyaga'