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)
- IPA(key): /balaˈɡaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ]
- Syllabification: ba‧la‧ga
Interjection
balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)
- alternative form of bulaga
Noun
balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)
- alternative form of bulaga
Derived terms
References
- 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
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”)