tulakbahala

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tolac bahala — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tulak-bahala
• tulakbalahala

Etymology

From tulak +‎ bahala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌtulakbaˈhalaʔ/ [ˌt̪uː.lɐk.bɐˈhaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧lak‧ba‧ha‧la

Noun

túlakbahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ)

1. weathercock

   Synonyms: banoglawin, beleta, girimpula, pabiling, patubiling

2. (nautical) ballast

   Synonyms: balasto, panimbaw, pataw

Derived terms

• tulakbahalaan
• tulakbahalain

 

Further reading

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