bal-on

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈʔon/ [bɐlˈʔon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bal-on

Noun

bal-ón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜂᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

1. Alternative form of balon (“well”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalʔon/ [ˈbaːl.ʔon]
• Rhymes: -alʔon
• Syllabification: bal-on

Noun

bal-on (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜂᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of mixing steel with iron

Derived terms

• bal-onin
• ibal-on
• magbal-on

 

References

• 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