baywang

• baeuang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• baewang, baiwang — obsolete
• bayauang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• bayawang
• bewang — colloquial
• beywang
• bay-awang — now dialectal, Southern Tagalog

Syncopic form of earlier variant bayawang. Compare Remontado Agta bay-awang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bajˈwaŋ/ [baɪ̯ˈwaŋ], (colloquial) /ˈbewaŋ/ [ˈbɛː.wɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bay‧wang

baywáng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔) (anatomy)

1. waist

• “baywang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “baywang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 148
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 119
• 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 374: “Iarra) Bayavang [(pc)] q̃ deçimos dedos aſas”
  • page 393: “Lomos) Bay avang (pc) de la perſona”
  • page 617: “Zintura) Bay avang (pc) del cuerpo”