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Tagalog
Etymology
Backslang of balato + -s.
Pronunciation
Noun
tobaláts (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)
- (back slang, slang) share of money or kind given away as goodwill by the winner (in gambling, a business deal, etc., especially in a game of balikutsa)
- Synonyms: balato, salap
References
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 143