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See also: Balete
Cebuano
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[edit]Noun
[edit]balete
- Nonstandard form of baliti.
Ilocano
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[edit]Noun
[edit]balete
- any of a species of trees found in the Philippines, usually strangler figs
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]balete m (plural baletes)
- any of a species of trees found in the Philippines, usually strangler figs.
Tagalog
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Alternative forms
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[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlete/ [bɐˈlɛː.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ba‧le‧te
Noun
[edit]balete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜒ) (botany)
- various species of Philippine ficus trees, a number of which are strangler figs
- Pinapaniwalaang ng ilang mga tao tumitira ang mga engkanto sa mga puno ng balete.
- Some people believe that spirits live on strangler figs.
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “balete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano nonstandard forms
- Ilocano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ilocano lemmas
- Ilocano nouns
- ilo:Fig trees
- Spanish terms borrowed from Tagalog
- Spanish terms derived from Tagalog
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ete
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ete/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- tl:Fig trees