baliw
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧liw
Noun edit
baliw
Verb edit
baliw
- to cause madness
- to cause someone to become insane
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw (“return”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”). Compare Bikol Central baliw, Cebuano baliw, and Maranao baloy. Doublet of ibayo.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈliw/ [bɐˈliʊ̯] (“insane”, adjective; “crazy person”, noun)
- Rhymes: -iw
- (Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaliw/ [ˈba.liʊ̯] (“cruel”, adjective; “cruel person”, noun)
- Rhymes: -aliw
- Syllabification: ba‧liw
Adjective edit
balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔)
Usage notes edit
- As persons with mental disorders are socially stigmatized in the Philippines, this is sometimes considered offensive if not taken humorously and if a mental disorder has not been diagnosed with certainty.
Adjective edit
baliw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (Southern Tagalog)
Noun edit
baliw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (Southern Tagalog)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈliw/ [bɐˈliʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -iw
- Syllabification: ba‧liw
Noun edit
balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (obsolete)
Further reading edit
- “baliw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018