Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From digmaan (“war”) + -g- + bayan (“town; people”). Calque of English people's war, or a direct calque of Chinese 人民戰爭/人民战争 (rénmín zhànzhēng).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /diɡˌmaʔaŋ ˈbajan/, [dɪɡˌma.ʔɐm ˈba.jɐn]
- Hyphenation: dig‧ma‧ang-ba‧yan
digmaang-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔) (Maoism)
- people's war