balaga

Tagalog

Etymology

An earlier variant of bulaga, attested in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ga

IPA^(key): /balaˈɡaʔ/, [bɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ]

IPA^(key): /balaˈɡa/, [bɐ.lɐˈɣa] (obsolete)

Interjection

balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)

Alternative form of bulaga

Noun

balagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ)

Alternative form of bulaga

Derived terms

balaghan
kababalaghan

References

Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Yoruba

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَغَ‎ (balaḡa) or from bà +‎ ní +‎ agà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bà.lá.ɡà/

Verb

bàlágà

to reach the age of puberty; to become sexually mature

Derived terms

aṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀bàlágà (“adolescent”)
ìgbà àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀bàlágà (“adolescence”)

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