balbalan

Saisiyat

Noun

balbalan

1. leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay berbalan. Compare Cebuano balbal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tausūg) IPA^(key): /balbalan/ [bäl.bäˈlän̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: bal‧ba‧lan

Noun

balbalan (folklore)

1. half-bodied witch; a human being that becomes an evil spirit which flies at night to haunt places or people