Balais

See also: balais, baláis, and bālais

Tagalog

Etymology

From balais (“hunting crossbow”). Compare Pangasinan Balais (“Sagittarius”) and Kapampangan Malabalais (“Orion's Belt”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʔis/ [bɐˈla.ʔɪs]
Rhymes: -aʔis
Syllabification: Ba‧la‧is

Proper noun

Balais (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁᜐ᜔) (astronomy, obsolete)

three stars which guided mariners in antiquity

See also

Further reading

“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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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