Talang Bakero
Tagalog
Etymology
From tala (“star”) + -ng + bakero (“cowherd”). Possible calque of Spanish estrella del pastor (“the shepherd's star”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ta‧lang Ba‧ke‧ro
- IPA(key): /ˌtalaŋ baˈkeɾo/, [ˌta.lɐm bɐˈxe.ɾo]
Proper noun
Talang Bakero (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜃᜒᜇᜓ)
- (astronomy) The Shepherd's Star, an alternate name for Venus
- Synonyms: tala, lusero
See also
- Benus
- Ilaw-Daga
- Tanglaw-Daga
Further reading
- Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagalo (in Tagalog), Manila, page 345: “LUCERO. m. Talang bakero; o tanglaw daga”.
- Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario Tagalog-Hispano, Islas Filipinas
- Ramon-Joaquin Dominguez (1848) Diccionario nacional o gran diccionario clasico de la lengua espanola (etc.) 3. ed. por Mellado, Mellado
- Dante L. Ambrosio (2005), “BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino”, in Philippine Social Sciences Review, volume 57, Quezon City: University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, pages 1-27