Where does “bahay-aliwan” come from?

bahay-aliwan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog báhay — house, home.

bahay-aliwan (Tagalog): strip club; brothel

Definitions

  1. strip club; brothel

Ancestry of “bahay-aliwan”, step by step

bahay-aliwan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog báhay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbáhayhouse, home

via Tagalog aliwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogaliwan
Every word from Tagalog báhay