baliw

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧liw

Noun

baliw

  1. divine retribution
  2. a pandan, Pandanus copelandii

Verb

baliw

  1. to cause madness
  2. to cause someone to become insane

Derived terms

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw (“return”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”). Compare Bikol Central baliw, Cebuano baliw, and Maranao baloy. Doublet of ibayo.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈliw/ [bɐˈliʊ̯] (“insane”, adjective; “crazy person”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iw
  • (Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaliw/ [ˈba.liʊ̯] (“cruel”, adjective; “cruel person”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aliw
  • Syllabification: ba‧liw

Adjective

balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔)

  1. insane; crazy; mad
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:baliw
Derived terms

Noun

balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔)

  1. crazy person; lunatic; maniac

Adjective

baliw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (Southern Tagalog)

  1. cruel; brutal

Noun

baliw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (Southern Tagalog)

  1. cruel person; brutal person

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈliw/, [bɐˈliʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -iw
  • Syllabification: ba‧liw

Noun

balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. matting; mat

Further reading
  • “baliw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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