balangay
English
Alternative forms
- barangay
Noun
balangay (plural balangays)
- A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
- Alternative form of barangay (“local government unit in the Philippines”)
Further reading
Balangay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
Etymology 1
From Austronesian.
Noun
balangay
- a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines
Etymology 2
Named after the wooden watercraft.
Noun
balangay
- (obsolete) a barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines, headed by a barangay captain
Synonyms
- barangay, baryo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- balang̃ay – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋay. Compare Malay berangai (“pirate boat or proa”). Doublet of barangay.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
- IPA(key): /baˈlaŋaj/, [bɐˈla.ŋaɪ̯]
Noun
balangay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)
- (historical, nautical) a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines with 12 to 16 rowers
- community of people; group of families; village
- Synonyms: nayon, baryo, purok
- local branch; lodge (of groups such as the Freemasonry)
- Synonyms: lohiya, sangay
Derived terms
- bala-balangay
- kabalangay
- magbabalangay
- magbalangay
- magkabalangay
- makibalangay
- mamalangay
See also
- bangka
- baroto
- batel
- datu
- karakoa
- korakora
Etymology 2
Compare Malay berangai (“apparently dead; in a state of suspended animation”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
- IPA(key): /balaˈŋaj/, [bɐ.lɐˈŋaɪ̯]
Noun
balangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)
- (swimming, obsolete) backstroke
- Synonym: himbalangay
- (pathology, obsolete) sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest
- Synonym: himbalangay
Derived terms
- himbalangay
- mabalangay
- magbalangay
- maghimbalangay
See also
- langoy
Further reading
- “balangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018