bantayog

Cebuano

Noun

bantayog

  1. monument
  2. statue

Tagalog
Bantayog ng mga Bayani

Etymology

Either from a blend of bantay +‎ matayog[1] or from a contraction of aba ang tayog,[2] coined in the early 20th century by Eusebio T. Daluz,[3] one of the founders of the Akademya ng Wikang Pilipino (Academy of the Filipino Language), one of the predecessors of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) (Commission on the Filipino Language).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ban‧ta‧yog
  • IPA(key): /banˈtajoɡ/, [bɐnˈta.joɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ajoɡ

Noun

bantayog

  1. monument; memorial
    Synonym: monumento

References
  1. “bantayog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  2. Panganiban, José Villa (1972) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 124
  3. Morrow, Paul (2017), “The Filipino language that might have been (Third of a three-part series)”, in Canadian Filipino Net‎
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