balangay

English

Alternative forms

• barangay

Noun

balangay (plural balangays)

1. A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
2. Alternative form of barangay (“local government unit in the Philippines”)

Further reading

• Balangay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Etymology 1

From Austronesian.

Noun

balangay

1. a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines

Etymology 2

Named after the wooden watercraft.

Noun

balangay

1. (obsolete) a barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines, headed by a barangay captain

   Synonyms: barangay, baryo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balang̃ay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋay. Compare Malay berangai (“pirate boat or proa”). Doublet of barangay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaŋaj/, [bɐˈla.ŋaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Noun

balangay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)

1. (historical, nautical) a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines with 12 to 16 rowers
2. community of people; group of families; village

   Synonyms: nayon, baryo, purok

3. local branch; lodge (of groups such as the Freemasonry)

   Synonyms: lohiya, sangay

Derived terms

• bala-balangay
• kabalangay
• magbabalangay
• magbalangay
• magkabalangay
• makibalangay
• mamalangay

 

See also

• bangka
• baroto
• batel
• datu
• karakoa
• korakora

 

Etymology 2

Compare Malay berangai (“apparently dead; in a state of suspended animation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balaˈŋaj/, [bɐ.lɐˈŋaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Noun

balangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. (swimming) backstroke

   Synonym: himbalangay

2. (pathology) sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest

   Synonym: himbalangay

Derived terms

• himbalangay
• mabalangay
• magbalangay
• maghimbalangay

 

See also

• langoy

Further reading

• “balangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*baraŋay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary