Where does “bantay-salakay” come from?

bantay-salakay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bantay, from Ilocano bantay — mountain; high hill.

bantay-salakay (Tagalog): untrustable person

Definitions

  1. untrustable person

Ancestry of “bantay-salakay”, step by step

bantay-salakay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bantay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbantayguard; escort; watch; A affectionate epithet for...
2Ilocanobantaymountain; high hill

via Tagalog salakay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsalakayattack; assault
Every word from Ilocano bantay →Every word from Tagalog bantay →