alsa-balutan
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From alsa (“raising; lifting”) + balutan (“bundle; pack”), literally “lifting the pack”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˌsa baˈlutan/, [ʔɐlˌsa bɐˈlu.tɐn]
- Rhymes: -utan
- Syllabification: al‧sa-ba‧lu‧tan
Noun[edit]
alsá-balutan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜊᜎᜓᜆᜈ᜔) (idiomatic)
- sudden departure with all one's belongings (without intentions of returning, due to disgust or feeling unwanted)