balaklaot

Tagalog

Etymology

From Malay barat laut, with dissimilation of /t/ to /k/ before /l/ (cf. iklog). Compare Kapampangan balaklaut.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbalakˈlaʔot/ [ˌbaː.lɐkˈlaː.ʔot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -aʔot
  • Syllabification: ba‧lak‧la‧ot

Noun

bálakláot (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜂᜆ᜔) (meteorology)

  1. strong northwest wind; monsoon

See also

Further reading

  • “balaklaot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page xiv
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.