balimbing
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
balimbing (plural balimbings)
- (Philippines) Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”)
- (Philippine politics) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics; one who switches political parties
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋbiŋ. Compare Bikol Central balimbing, Tausug baymbing, and Malay belimbing.
Noun edit
balimbing
- Averrhoa carambola; a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae
- the fruit of this tree; carambola; star fruit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋbiŋ. Compare Bikol Central balimbing, Tausug baymbing, and Malay belimbing.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balimˈbiŋ/ [bɐ.lɪmˈbiŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Syllabification: ba‧lim‧bing
Noun edit
balimbíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)
- carambola (Averrhoa carambola)
- Synonym: karambola
- star fruit; carambola fruit
- sideburns; side whiskers
- Synonym: patilya
- (politics, figurative, slang) traitor; turncoat
- year unknown, Kawil Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 29:
- Naghahanap si Kusyong napaglilihian ng kanyang asawa—isang balimbing. Nakita ngayon si Buyok na nagpayo sa kanyang pumunta sa Kongreso dahil maraming balimbing doon. Sa palagay kaya ninyo, naniniwala si Kusyo na may ...
- year unknown, Kawil Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 29:
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: balimbín
Adjective edit
balimbíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)
Further reading edit
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