Talang Bakero

Tagalog

Etymology

From tala (“star”) +‎ -ng +‎ bakero (“cowherd”). Possible loose calque of Spanish estrella del pastor (“the shepherd's star”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌtalaŋ baˈkeɾo/ [ˌt̪aː.lɐm bɐˈxɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: Ta‧lang Ba‧ke‧ro

Proper noun

Talang Bakero (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜃᜒᜇᜓ) (astronomy)

1. The Shepherd's Star, an alternate name for Venus

   Synonyms: tala, lusero

See also

• Benus
• Ilaw-Daga
• Tanglaw-Daga

 

Further reading

• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog‎^[1], Manila, page 345: “LUCERO. m. Talang bakero; o tanglaw daga”.
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1245.
• Ramon-Joaquin Dominguez (1848) Diccionario nacional o gran diccionario clasico de la lengua espanola (etc.) 3. ed. por Mellado‎^[2] (in Spanish), Mellado
• Dante L. Ambrosio (2005) “BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino”, in Philippine Social Sciences Review‎^[3], volume 57, Quezon City: University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, pages 1-27