balete

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧le‧te
  • IPA(key): /baˈlete/

Noun

balete

  1. Nonstandard form of baliti.

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧le‧te
  • IPA(key): /baˈlɛtɛ/,

Noun

balete

  1. any of a species of trees found in the Philippines, usually strangler figs

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog balete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlete/
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: ba‧le‧te

Noun

balete m (plural baletes)

  1. any of a species of trees found in the Philippines, usually strangler figs.

Tagalog

puno ng balete

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

balete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜒ) (botany)

  1. various species of Philippine ficus trees, a number of which are strangler figs
    Pinapaniwalaang ng ilang mga tao tumitira ang mga engkanto sa mga puno ng balete.
    Some people believe that spirits live on strangler figs.

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Further reading

  • “balete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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