balaraw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balarao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baladaw. Compare Kapampangan balaro, Cebuano baraw, Maranao baladaw, and Malay beladau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈɾaw/ [bɐ.lɐˈɾaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧raw

Noun

balaráw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇᜏ᜔)

1. double-bladed dagger created by the Visayans

Derived terms

• balarawin

See also

• daga
• kris
• punyal
• sundang

Further reading

• “balaraw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 504: “Puñal) Balarao (pc) el puño de oro con figura de muger, no tiene hierro es Biſayo y uſaſe”