balaon

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /baˈlaʔon/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔon̪] (“shafts”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -aʔon
    • IPA(key): /baˈlaʔon/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔon̪], /balaˈʔon/ [bɐ.lɐˈʔon̪] (“pit”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -aʔon, -on
  • Syllabification: ba‧la‧on

Noun

balaon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. shaft (vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine) in gold or coal mines

Noun

balaon or balaón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. pit for trapping animals
    Isang anwang ang nahuli ko kagabi sa balaon ko.
    One carabao is what I caught last night in my pit.
  2. (obsolete) putting one's foot in a hole while walking

Derived terms

  • mabalaon
  • magbalaon
  • mamalaon
  • pagbalaunan

See also

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