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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (“meal of roasted meat or fish”), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Compare Cebuano balbakuwa (“ox skin and tail stew”). Doublet of barbikyu.
Pronunciation
Noun
balbakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏ)
- small fish of the sardine family, commonly salted into bagoong (usually the Indian oil sardine)
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Further reading
- “balbakwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN
- Arthur C. Avery (1950) Fish Processing Handbook for the Philippines ..., U.S. Government Printing Office