badagbadag
Sense 1
English: Translation
battered; worn-out; shabby; dilapidated
English: Definition
\ Worn, battered, shabby, or deteriorated through long use, repeated handling, rough treatment, or neglect; no longer in good or serviceable condition.
Part of Speech
adjective
Sense 2
English: Translation
worn-out odds and ends; junk
English: Definition
Old, battered, low-value, or discarded belongings collectively, especially miscellaneous things no longer considered worth keeping in good condition.
Part of Speech
noun
Morphology
\[ROOT: badag\] badag + badag; full reduplication of badag “fling; toss carelessly.” The reduplicated form is substantially lexicalized.
Notes
The likely semantic motivation is repeated rough handling:
badag “fling/toss carelessly”
→ badagbadag “repeatedly knocked or tossed about”
→ “battered; worn from use”
→ “shabby; low-value.”
Source
pinky-taburnal-claveria