balimbing

balimbing

English

Etymology

From Tagalog balimbing.

Noun

balimbing (plural balimbings)

1. (Philippines) Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”)
2. (Philippines) A turncoat; one who defects to the other side in politics.

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Cebuano

Noun

balimbing

1. Averrhoa carambola; a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae
2. the fruit of this tree; carambola; star fruit

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balingbing

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central biriran and Malay belimbing.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lim‧bing
• IPA^(key): /balimˈbiŋ/, [bɐ.lɪmˈbiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

balimbíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)

1. carambola (Averrhoa carambola)

   Synonym: karambola

2. star fruit; carambola fruit
3. sideburns; side whiskers

   Synonym: patilya

4. (politics, figurative, slang) traitor; turncoat

   Synonyms: doblekara, taksil, traydor

   • year unknown, Kawil Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 29:

     Naghahanap si Kusyong napaglilihian ng kanyang asawa—isang balimbing. Nakita ngayon si Buyok na nagpayo sa kanyang pumunta sa Kongreso dahil maraming balimbing doon. Sa palagay kaya ninyo, naniniwala si Kusyo na may ...

Derived terms

• balimbingan
• bumalimbing

 

Adjective

balimbíng

1. (figurative) treacherous; disloyal