balikswa

== Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balikˈswa/ [bɐ.lɪkˈswa] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: ba‧lik‧swa === Noun === balikswá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏ) superseded, pre-2007 spelling of baliksuwa ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.