balaraw

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === balarao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baladaw. Compare Kapampangan balaro, Cebuano baraw, Maranao baladaw, and Malay beladau. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balaˈɾaw/ [bɐ.lɐˈɾaʊ̯] Rhymes: -aw Syllabification: ba‧la‧raw === Noun === balaráw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇᜏ᜔) double-bladed dagger created by the Visayans ==== Derived terms ==== balarawin ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “balaraw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 504: “Puñal) Balarao (pc) el puño de oro con figura de muger, no tiene hierro es Biſayo y uſaſe”