baong baliw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bauong balio — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bawong baliw — obsolete

Etymology

From bao +‎ -ng +‎ baliw, literally “crazy widow/er”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbaʔoŋ baˈliw/ [ˌbaː.ʔom bɐˈliʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -iw
• Syllabification: ba‧ong ba‧liw

Noun

baong balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

1. someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage

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