bahague

Spanish

Etymology

From bajag, hispanicized spelling of Cebuano bahag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈxaɡ/ [baˈxaɣ̞]
Rhymes: -aɡ

Noun

bahague m (plural bahagues)

(Philippines) a type of loincloth that was commonly used throughout the Philippines before the arrival of the European colonizers and is currently still in use today by some indigenous tribes of the Philippines

Further reading

“bahague”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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