bayani

Borrowed from Tagalog bayani, in turn a borrowing from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran.

bayanì

1. hero; heroine

From Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Maranao bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧ni
• IPA^(key): /bəˈjaniʔ/, [bəˈjäː.niʔ]
• IPA^(key): /bəˈjani/, [bəˈjäː.ni] (obsolete)

bayánî

1. hero; valiant

   Synonym: balienti

• → Tagalog: bayani

• tapang

bayánî

1. valiant

Borrowed from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Maranao bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran. Doublet of balani.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧ni
• IPA^(key): /baˈjani/, [bɐˈja.nɪ]

bayani (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈᜒ)

1. hero
2. mutual aid; cooperative endeavor

   Synonyms: tulungan, usungan, damayan

3. person who offers free service in a cooperative endeavor

   Synonyms: kasaknong, kausong, katulong

• “bayani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 449: “Obra) Bayani [(pp)] queſe hace de comun”
  • page 592: “Valiente) Bayani(pp) y de fuerças”