balangay

English

Alternative forms

• barangay

Noun

balangay (plural balangays)

1. A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
2. Alternative form of barangay (“local government unit in the Philippines”)

Further reading

• Balangay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Etymology 1

From Austronesian.

Noun

balangay

1. a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines

Etymology 2

Named after the wooden watercraft.

Noun

balangay

1. (obsolete) a barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines, headed by a barangay captain

Synonyms

• barangay, baryo

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Old Tagalog ᜊᜎᜅᜁ (balangai). Doublet of barangay.

Alternative forms

• baranggay

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
• IPA^(key): /baˈlaŋai/, [bɐˈlaŋaɪ̯]

Noun

balangay

1. a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines with 12 to 16 rowers
2. community of people; group of families; village
3. local branch; lodge (of groups such as the Freemasonry)

Derived terms

• magbalangay
• makibalangay

 

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• himbalangay

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
• IPA^(key): /balaˈŋai/, [bɐlɐˈŋaɪ̯]

Noun

balangáy

1. (swimming) backstroke
2. (pathology) sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest

Derived terms

• mabalangay
• maghimbalangay