balanak

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balanak. Compare Malay belanak,Tagalog banak, Ilocano balanak,Cebuano balanak, Buginese balana',Aklanon baeának, Sundanese balanak and Makasar balanak.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧nak
  • IPA(key): /baˈlanak/ [baˈl̪a.n̪ak]

Noun

balanak

  1. (a kind of fish) mullet

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balanak. Compare Malay belanak,Tagalog banak, Ilocano balanak,Bikol Central balanak, Buginese balana',Aklanon baeának, Sundanese balanak and Makasar balanak.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧nak
  • IPA(key): /baˈlanak/ [bɐˈl̪a.n̪ɐk]

Noun

balanak

  1. a mullet (of any member of the family Mugilidae)

Noun

balanak

  1. the squaretail mullet (Ellochelon vaigiensis)

Hiligaynon

Noun

balának

  1. (a kind of fish) mullet

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balanak. Compare Malay belanak,Tagalog banak, Cebuano balanak,Bikol Central balanak, Buginese balana',Aklanon baeának, Sundanese balanak and Makasar balanak.

Noun

balanak

  1. a mullet (of any member of the family Mugilidae)