balintawak
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See also: Balintawak
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
balintawak (plural balintawaks)
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blust (2010–) posits that it may be a borrowing, although the dress style in question apparently was a Spanish introduction, the name is native and may have once had other referents (cf. *balintawafk [sic] 'plant sp.).[1] Compare Kapampangan balintauak (“Doryxylon spinosum”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balintaˈwak/ [bɐ.lɪn.tɐˈwak]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: ba‧lin‧ta‧wak
Noun[edit]
balintawák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜏᜃ᜔)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “balintawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018