balae

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balai, balayi — obsolete
• balaye

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balaqih. Compare Tausug bāi, Cebuano balaye and Saisiyat balih.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʔe/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -aʔe
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧e

Noun

balae (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁ)

1. co-parent-in-law

   Synonym: baisan

Further reading

• “balae”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaqih”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI