balintawak

See also: Balintawak

English

Noun

balintawak (plural balintawaks)

1. A style of Filipina native dress, with a large kerchief folded over one shoulder.

Tagalog

Etymology

Blust (2010–) posits that it may be a borrowing, although the dress style in question apparently was a Spanish introduction, the name is native and may have once had other referents (cf. *balintawafk ^[sic] 'plant sp.). Compare Kapampangan balintauak (“Doryxylon spinosum”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balintaˈwak/ [bɐ.lɪn̪.t̪ɐˈwak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ba‧lin‧ta‧wak

Noun

balintawák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜏᜃ᜔)

1. balintawak (style of Filipina native dress, with a large kerchief folded over one shoulder)

See also

• alampay
• panyuwelo
• salampay

 

Further reading

• “balintawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• balik-tanaw