balaki

== Makasar == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlaki/, [ɓa.ˈla.ki] Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ki === Adjective === balaki (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨀᨗ) tomboyish, boyish, acting like a man Baine balaki ― A tomboy girl === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Tagalog == === Etymology === Blend of babae +‎ lalaki. Coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá (Grammar of the National Language), published in 1939. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlakiʔ/ [bɐˈlaː.xɪʔ] Rhymes: -akiʔ Syllabification: ba‧la‧ki === Noun === balakì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃᜒ) (grammar) neuter === References === Santos, Lope K. (1939), Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá [Grammar of the National Language]‎[1] (overall work in Tagalog), Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, →ISBN