baliwis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baliuis — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baliˈwis/ [bɐ.lɪˈwis], /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

• papan

 

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