balintawak

See also: Balintawak

English

Noun

balintawak (plural balintawaks)

  1. A style of Filipina native dress, with a large kerchief folded over one shoulder.

Tagalog

Etymology

Blust (2010–) posits that it may be a borrowing, although the dress style in question apparently was a Spanish introduction, the name is native and may have once had other referents (cf. *balintawafk [sic] 'plant sp.).[1] Compare Kapampangan balintauak (“Doryxylon spinosum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balintaˈwak/, [bɐ.lɪn.tɐˈwak]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lin‧ta‧wak

Noun

balintawák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜏᜃ᜔)

  1. balintawak

See also

References
  1. Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “dress”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading
  • “balintawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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