balaga

Tagalog

Etymology

An earlier variant of bulaga, attested in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /balaˈɡaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ]
  - Rhymes: -aʔ
- IPA^(key): /balaˈɡa/ [bɐ.lɐˈɣa] (obsolete)
Syllabification: ba‧la‧ga

Interjection

balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)

Alternative form of bulaga

Noun

balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)

Alternative form of bulaga

Derived terms

balaghan
kababalaghan

References

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

Yoruba

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَغَ (balaḡa) or from bà +‎ ní +‎ agà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bà.lá.ɡà/

Verb

bàlágà

to reach the age of puberty; to become sexually mature

Derived terms

aṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀bàlágà (“adolescent”)
ìgbà àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀bàlágà (“adolescence”)

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