Balais
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom balais (“hunting crossbow”). Compare Pangasinan Balais (“Sagittarius”) and Kapampangan Malabalais (“Orion's Belt”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlaʔis/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɪs]
- Rhymes: -aʔis
- Syllabification: Ba‧la‧is
Proper noun
editBalais (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁᜐ᜔) (astronomy, obsolete)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “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