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balangay

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English

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Noun

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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)

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Etymology 1

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From Austronesian.

Noun

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balangay

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

Etymology 2

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Named after the wooden watercraft.

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balangay

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

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋay. Compare Malay berangai (pirate boat or proa). Doublet of barangay.

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balangay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)

  1. (historical, nautical) 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
    Synonyms: nayon, baryo, purok
  3. local branch; lodge (of groups such as the Freemasonry)
    Synonyms: lohiya, sangay
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Descendants
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  • Spanish: barangay

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Etymology 2

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Compare Malay berangai (apparently dead; in a state of suspended animation).

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balangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. (swimming) backstroke
    Synonym: himbalangay
  2. (pathology) sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest
    Synonym: himbalangay
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Further reading

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  • balangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baraŋay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI