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Root: bayan


bayan is a common word root in the Filipino language.

Meaning of the root bayan:
ROOT DEFINITION:
~ related to society, country, town

Bayan Words and Definitions:

Example words using the Filipino / Tagalog root "bayan"

bayan : [noun] country; town; citizens; nation; home town; homeland   more... »
kababayan : [noun] compatriot; countryman; countrywoman; fellow citizen   more... »
mámamayán : [noun] citizen; resident of a city/town; national   more... »
bayani : [noun] hero   more... »
mamayan : [verb] to live or reside in a town   more... »
táumbayan : [noun] townspeople   more... »
sámbayanán : [noun] society; one nation; the whole town;   more... »
makabayan : [adjective] patriotic; pro-country; nationalistic   more... »
sandiganbayan : [noun] a special appellate court in the Philippines with jurisdiction over cases involving graft and corruption and other offenses committed by public officers and employees   more... »
táong-bayan : [noun] countryman/countrywoman; townspeople; townsman; community   more... »
pámayanán : [noun] community   more... »
kabayanan : [adverb] downtown   more... »
kabayanan : [noun] downtown; economic and political center of a town   more... »
pagkamakabayan : [noun] being patriotic; being nationalistic; patriotism   more... »
pambayan : [adjective] civic   more... »
pamamayan : the act of dwelling or residing in a community or town; inhabiting; residing; settling; dwelling; living;   more... »
tagabayan : [noun] townsperson; town resident   more... »
palamayanan : [noun] civics   more... »
makipamayan : [verb] to settle in a town with others   more... »
kurong-bayan : [noun] public opinion   more... »
bayan-bayanán : [noun] village; small community   more... »
makamámamayán : [adjective] pro-people; for the people   more... »
kwenton bayan : [noun] folklore   more... »
mangapit-bayan : [verb] to go from one country or town to another   more... »
kantahing-bayan : [noun] folk song   more... »

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