balisong
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Popularly believed to derive from the Tagalog phrase baling sungay (literally "broken horn"), since the original balisongs were made from carved animal horns.
Noun[edit]
balisong (plural balisongs)
- A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.
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Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a folding pocket knife
Anagrams[edit]
Maranao[edit]
Noun[edit]
balisong
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Popularly believed to derive from the phrase baling sungay (literally “broken horn”), since the original balisongs were made from carved animal horns.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlisoŋ/ [bɐˈli.soŋ], /baliˈsoŋ/ [bɐ.lɪˈsoŋ]
- Rhymes: -isoŋ, -oŋ
- Syllabification: ba‧li‧song
Noun[edit]
balisong or balisóng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- balisong; butterfly knife (fan knife with foldable blade protection)
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Weapons
- Maranao lemmas
- Maranao nouns
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/isoŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/isoŋ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Weapons