bantay-salakay

== Tagalog == === Etymology === From bantay (“guard; watch”) +‎ salakay (“attack; strike”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /banˌtaj saˈlakaj/ [bɐn̪ˌt̪aɪ̯ sɐˈlaː.xaɪ̯] Rhymes: -akaj Syllabification: ban‧tay-sa‧la‧kay === Noun === bantáy-salakay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜎᜃᜌ᜔) (idiomatic) untrustable person opportunist dishonest guard who steals from his own master === Further reading === “bantay-salakay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018