balangay

• barangay

balangay (plural balangays)

1. A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
2. Alternative form of barangay (“local government unit in the Philippines”)

• Balangay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

From Austronesian.

balangay

1. a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines

Named after the wooden watercraft.

balangay

1. (obsolete) a barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines, headed by a barangay captain

• barangay, baryo

• balang̃ay – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋay. Compare Malay berangai (“pirate boat or proa”). Doublet of barangay.

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
• IPA^(key): /baˈlaŋaj/, [bɐˈla.ŋaɪ̯]

balangay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)

1. (historical, nautical) a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines with 12 to 16 rowers
2. community of people; group of families; village

   Synonyms: nayon, baryo, purok

3. local branch; lodge (of groups such as the Freemasonry)

   Synonyms: lohiya, sangay

Compare Malay berangai (“apparently dead; in a state of suspended animation”).

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay
• IPA^(key): /balaˈŋaj/, [bɐ.lɐˈŋaɪ̯]

balangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔)

1. (swimming, obsolete) backstroke

   Synonym: himbalangay

2. (pathology, obsolete) sudden death due to cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest

   Synonym: himbalangay

• langoy

• “balangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018