Balais

See also: balais, baláis, and bālais

Tagalog

Etymology

From balais (“hunting crossbow”). Compare Pangasinan Balais (“Sagittarius”) and Kapampangan Malabalais (“Orion's Belt”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʔis/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɪs]
• Rhymes: -aʔis
• Syllabification: Ba‧la‧is

Proper noun

Balais (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁᜐ᜔) (astronomy, obsolete)

1. three stars which guided mariners in antiquity

See also

• Balatik
• Tres Marias

 

Further reading

• “Balais”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier