baliwis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bariwis, *baliwis. Compare Malay belibis, Javanese ꦩ꧀ꦭꦶꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (mliwis), and Sundanese waliwis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baliˈwis/ [bɐ.lɪˈwɪs], /baˈliwis/ [bɐˈliː.wɪs]
  • Rhymes: -is, -iwis
  • Syllabification: ba‧li‧wis

Noun

baliwís or baliwis (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. wild duck
    Synonyms: labangko, patong-bundok, itik, pato

See also

Further reading

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