balaw

• Hyphenation: ba‧law
• IPA^(key): /baˈlaw/ [baˈl̪aʊ̯]

baláw

1. shrimp (small)
2. shrimp paste

• Hyphenation: ba‧law
• IPA^(key): /baˈlaw/ [bɐˈl̪aʊ̯]

balaw

1. the amboina pine (Agathis dammara); a coniferous tree native to the Moluccas and the Philippines and the main source of dammara
2. dammara; an oleoresin obtained from this tree
3. the stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

balaw

1. to tire out; to make someone tired; to exhaust

baláw

1. asphalt, pitch, resin, tar

baláw

1. (interrogative) questions listener's thoughts or opinions, often in a conditional sense

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaw/ [bɐˈlaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧láw

baláw

1. fright
2. hurry; rush

balaw

1. resin

   Synonym: tigis

2. glue
3. plastic paste

From Proto-Philippine *balaw (“small shrimp sp.”). Compare Ilocano balaw and Bikol Central balaw.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaw/ [bɐˈlaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ba‧law

baláw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜏ᜔) (chiefly Quezon, eastern Marinduque)

1. any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)

   Synonym: alamang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaw (“a tree, probably Dipterocarpus spp.; resinous substance obtained from this tree”). Compare Ilocano balaw, Cebuano balaw, and Malay balau.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalaw/ [ˈbaː.laʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -alaw
• Syllabification: ba‧law

balaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜏ᜔)

1. illumination set for a person along a pathway
2. resin from the apitong or almasiga tree
3. reddish color

• “balaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaw₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• bawal, labaw