Balatik

See also: balatik

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• Batik

Etymology

From balatik, due to its resemblance with the constellation Orion, particularly Orion's Belt and Orion's Sword.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlatik/ [bɐˈl̪a.t̪ɪk]
• Hyphenation: Ba‧la‧tik

Noun

Balatik

1. (astronomy) Orion

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Balatic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From balatik (“spring-set spear trap”), due to its resemblance with the constellation Orion, particularly the Orion's Belt and Orion's Sword. Compare Bikol Central Balatik, Cebuano Balatik, Hiligaynon Balatik, Karaga Mandaya Bayatik, Western Bukidnon Manobo Belatik, Central Subanen Belatik, Central Sama Batik, and Malay Belantik.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlatik/ [bɐˈlaː.t̪ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -atik
• Syllabification: Ba‧la‧tik

Proper noun

Balatik (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆᜒᜃ᜔) (astronomy)

1. Orion (particularly around the region of the Orion's Belt that looks like a balatik)
2. Sagittarius

   Synonyms: Sahitaryo, Mamamana

See also

• Balais
• balyestero
• Tatlong Maria
• Tres Marias

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 29: “BALATIC. pp. ballestón, las estrellas llamadas tres Marías.”
• Dante L. Ambrosio (2005) “BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino”, in Philippine Social Sciences Review‎^[2], volume 57, Quezon City: University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, pages 1-27

Anagrams

• talikba, balikat, baklita