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bansa

Aukan

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Noun

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bansa

  1. Alternative spelling of bánsa

Iban

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Etymology

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From Malay bangsa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”).

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Noun

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bansa

  1. race; ethnicity
  2. species
  3. sort; kind
  4. class; rank; caste

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay bangsa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈbansa/ [ˈbaɳ.ʂʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: ban‧sa

Noun

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bansa

  1. nation; country
  2. ethnicity; race

Mansaka

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Etymology

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From Malay bangsa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

Noun

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bansa

  1. reputation

Conjunction

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bansa

  1. unless

Maranao

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Etymology

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From Malay bangsa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

Noun

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bansa

  1. rank, worth

Sãotomense

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FWOTD – 15 September 2015

Etymology 1

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From Kongo mbasa, plural of lubasa.

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Noun

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bansa

  1. the stem of a palm frond
  2. a hook made with the stem of a palm frond

Etymology 2

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From Kongo lubanji. Compare Aukan bánsa, Saramaccan bandya, Kwinti bandya.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bansa

  1. rib (curved bone extending from the spine)

References

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  • “bansa” in Carlos de Sousa Ferreira Fontes, Estudo do léxico do são-tomense com dicionário (2007).

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Malay bangsa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”). Introduced by Eusebio T. Daluz in the early 20th century as counterpart to the Spanish nación (“nation”), as it was deemed that there was no native Tagalog word that adequately expressed the concept, since the nearest counterpart, bayan, had other meanings that deviate from the modern concept of nationhood, as it is also used to refer to a town or a municipality, similar to Spanish pueblo. However, usage of the word has preceded publications by Eusebio T. Daluz. See also Malay wangsa and Javanese ꦮꦁꦱ (wangsa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bansâ or bansá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. nation
    Synonyms: nasyon, bayan, (rare) pais
    • 1909, The Filipino Teacher Volume 3, Issue 3, Philippine Teachers' Association:
      Ang bayang itó ay di kaila sa alin mang kasaysayan na marami nang bansâ ang nagnanasang maghari dito at sa katunaya'y may ilan na ng̃ang nakapaghari. Ang Kastila, na nakapaghari dito na mahiguit sa tatlong daan taon ay siyá kong uunkatin.
      This town is not known in any history that many nations have longed to rule here and in fact some have already been able to rule. The Spaniard, who has reigned here for more than three hundred years, is the one I am going to talk about.
  2. country
    Synonym: (rare) pais

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “bansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Santos, Lope K. (1938) Sources and Means for Further Enrichment of Tagalog as Our National Language‎[1], University of the Philippines

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