pabalat-sibuyas
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pa- + balat-sibuyas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pabaˌlat siˈbujas/ [pɐ.bɐˌlat̪ sɪˈbuː.jɐs]
- Rhymes: -ujas
- Syllabification: pa‧ba‧lat-si‧bu‧yas
Noun
[edit]pabalát-sibuyas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜎᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔)
- a courteous offer or invitation, given as social convention and not seriously
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 743