balbakwa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- balbakuwa
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (“meal of roasted meat or fish”), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Compare Cebuano balbakuwa (“ox skin and tail stew”). Doublet of barbikyu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bal‧bak‧wa
- IPA(key): /balbakˈwa/, [bɐl.bɐkˈwa]
Noun
balbakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏ)
- small fish of the sardine family, commonly salted into bagoong (usually the Indian oil sardine)
Derived terms
- balbakwahin
See also
- tamban
- tinabal
Further reading
- “balbakwa” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, DOI:, ISSN 0024-3841
- Arthur C. Avery (1950) Fish Processing Handbook for the Philippines ..., U.S. Government Printing Office