baitang

• bayitang — obsolete
• baytang

From Proto-North Philippine *balitaŋ (“step”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano balitang, Pangasinan balitang, Kapampangan balitang, and Cebuano balitang.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /baʔiˈtaŋ/ [bɐ.ʔɪˈt̪aŋ], (relaxed) /bajˈtaŋ/ [baɪ̯ˈt̪aŋ]
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • IPA^(key): /baˈʔitaŋ/ [bɐˈʔiː.t̪ɐŋ]
    • Rhymes: -itaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧i‧tang

baitáng or baitang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜁᜆᜅ᜔)

1. step (of a staircase)

   Synonyms: hagdan, eskalon

2. rung (of a ladder)
3. grade level (in education)
4. degree; rank

   Synonyms: antas, ranggo, eskalon

5. tier; row (of seats, etc.)

• “baitang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 297: “Eſcalon) Bayitang (pp) de eſcalera”
  • page 333: “Grada) Bayitang (pp) de puerta. Vi. Eſcalõ) y como la grada de ordinario es de piedra llaman la, bayitang na bato. I. batong bayitang, eſcalõ de piedra”

• tibagan