balyan

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Hanunoo

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaljan/
  • Rhymes: -aljan
  • Syllabification: bal‧yan

Noun

balyan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜮ᜴ᜬᜨ᜴)

  1. shamanism

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 70
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balian”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

Noun

balyan

  1. shaman; religious leader

Nyunga

Adjective

balyan

  1. damp, wet

Noun

balyan

  1. dew, water resting on any thing in drops

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

balyán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. scarecrow (made of straw or mat)
    Synonym: espantaho
  2. rag for carrying hot pot
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