kasambahay

• casambahay, casangbahay
• kasangbahay

From earlier kasangbahay, from the ⟨ng⟩ becoming ⟨m⟩ before ⟨b⟩ due to nasal assimilation. By surface analysis, ka- +‎ sam- +‎ bahay.

• Hyphenation: ka‧sam‧ba‧hay
• IPA^(key): /kasambaˈhaj/, [kɐ.sɐm.bɐˈhaɪ̯]
• IPA^(key): /kasamˈbahaj/, [kɐ.sɐmˈba.haɪ̯] (obsolete)

kasambaháy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)

1. domestic servant; domestic worker
2. inmate (person who shares a residence)

• “kasambahay”, 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 200: “Criado) Caſangbahay (pp) que ſirue [en caſa], tres [dice] ca, sang, bahay .|. que es deſu [miſma] caſa”