balailo

Esperanto

Etymology

From balai (“sweep”) +‎ -ilo (“tool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balaˈilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧i‧lo
• Hyphenation: bala‧ilo

Noun

balailo (accusative singular balailon, plural balailoj, accusative plural balailojn)

1. broom

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balaylo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈʔilo/ [bɐ.lɐˈʔiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧i‧lo

Adjective

balailo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

1. fickle; inconstant

   Synonyms: salawahan, aling-aling, pabago-bago, mabalinuin, boluble

   balailong loob ― fickle heart

See also

• balais
• di-mapakali
• di-mapalagay

Further reading

• “balailo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.