babaylan
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
babaylan (plural babaylans)
- A Philippine shaman.
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an initial reduplication of baylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Malay belian. Possibly related to babaye.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
babaylan
- (historical) in pre-colonial Cebu; a woman, sometimes an effeminate man, who functioned as a village priestess or medium
Hiligaynon[edit]
Noun[edit]
babáylan
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Cebuano babaylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Ilocano baglan, Kapampangan mamalian, Bikol Central balyan, Maranao waliyan, Malay belian, Central Dusun bobohizan, and Balinese ᬩᬮ᭄ᬬᬦ᭄ (balian).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
babaylán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)
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