balaga
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
An earlier variant of bulaga, attested in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)
- Alternative form of bulaga
Noun edit
balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)
- Alternative form of bulaga
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic بَلَغَ (balaḡa) or from bà + ní + agà.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bàlágà
- to reach the age of puberty; to become sexually mature