balimbing
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]balimbing (plural balimbings)
- (Philippines) Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”)
- (Philippine politics) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics; one who switches political parties
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋbiŋ. Compare Bikol Central balimbing, Tausug baymbing, and Malay belimbing.
Noun
[edit]balimbing
- Averrhoa carambola; a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae
- the fruit of this tree; carambola; star fruit
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋbiŋ. Compare Bikol Central balimbing, Tausug baymbing, and Malay belimbing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balimˈbiŋ/ [bɐ.lɪmˈbiŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Syllabification: ba‧lim‧bing
Noun
[edit]balimbíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)
- carambola (Averrhoa carambola)
- Synonym: karambola
- star fruit; carambola fruit
- sideburns; side whiskers
- Synonym: patilya
- (politics, figurative, slang) traitor; turncoat; politician who switch political parties
- year unknown, Kawil Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 29:
- Nakita ngayon si Buyok na nagpayo sa kanyang pumunta sa Kongreso dahil maraming balimbing doon.
- year unknown, Kawil Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 29:
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: balimbín
Adjective
[edit]balimbíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)
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- ceb:Fruits
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