- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/ [ban̪ˈtaɪ̯]
- Hyphenation:ban‧tay
bantáy (Basahan spellingᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- attendant
- watchman
- Synonym:sereno
- guard,sentinel
- Synonym:guwardiya
- Hyphenation:ban‧tay
- IPA(key): /ˈbantaj/ [ˈban̪.t̪ɐɪ̯]
bántay
- guard;sentinel;watchman
bántay
- towatch over something
- tonotice
- towatch out for; tobeware
- towatch for something topass
- IPA(key): /ˈbantaj/ [ˈban.taɪ̯]
- Hyphenation:ban‧tay
bantay
- watchman,watcher
- observer
- guard
- Synonym:gwardya
bantay
- towatch; tosee over; tosupervise
- IPA(key): /banˈtaj/ [bɐnˈtaɪ̯]
- Hyphenation:ban‧tay
bantáy
- mountain
- highhill
bantay
- mountain
bantay
- tosee, tolook
- toobserve
Possibly fromChinese.[1] CompareHokkien望(bāng)臺 /台(tâi),[2]Hokkien萬代 /万代(bān-tāi),Hokkien向望(ǹg-bāng),Tagalogabang, andTagalogantay. Cognates withBikol Centralbantay,Cebuanobantay,Hiligaynonbantay,Kapampanganbante,Maranaobantay, andWaray-Waraybantay.
bantáy (Baybayin spellingᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- guard;escort;watch
- act ofguarding (a person, place, object, etc.)
- (endearing)affectionate epithet for adog
- ^Panganiban, José Villa (1973)Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page124
- ^Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948)Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications,page15
- “bantay”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
