Tagalog Etymology From kuwento (“story; tale”) + -ng- + bayan (“town; people”). Pronunciation (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˌentoŋ ˈbajan/ [ˌkwɛn̪.t̪om ˈbaː.jɐn̪] Rhymes: -ajan Syllabification: ku‧wen‧tong-ba‧yan Noun kuwentong-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔) folktale; folk story Further reading “kuwentong-bayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.