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Balatik
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balatik
Cebuano
Alternative forms
ceb Batik
Etymology
From ceb balatik, due to its resemblance with the constellation Orion, particularly Orion's Belt and Orion's Sword.
Pronunciation
ceb Ba la tik
Noun
ceb astronomy Orion
ceb Constellations
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Balatic obsolete Abecedario
Etymology
From tl balatik spring-set spear trap, due to its resemblance with the constellation Orion, particularly the Orion's Belt and Orion's Sword. Compare bcl Balatik, ceb Balatik, hil Balatik, mry Bayatik, mbb Belatik, syb Belatik, sml Batik, and ms Belantik.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+ tl constellation
Orion particularly around the region of the Orion's Belt that looks like a tl balatik
Sagittarius
tl Sahitaryo Mamamana
See also
tl Tres Marias Tatlong Maria Balais balyestero
Further reading
29 BALATIC. pp. es ballestón, las es estrellas llamadas es Tres Marías tres Marías.
Dante L. Ambrosio BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pssr/article/view/1287/1833 Philippine Social Sciences Review Quezon City University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy 2005 57 1-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20250524133554/https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pssr/article/view/1287/1833 24 May 2025
Anagrams
tl aabiklt talikba balikat baklita
tl Constellations