Where does “hibaybay” come from?

hibaybay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baybay, from Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

hibaybay (Tagalog): region bordering a big body of water such as a sea, lake, or a big river

Definitions

  1. region bordering a big body of water such as a sea, lake, or a big river

Ancestry of “hibaybay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaybayborder; edge; side; act of spelling a word; the...
2Proto-Philippine*baybáy—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *baybáy →