balaas

balaas

1. present of balai

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈʔas/ [bɐ.lɐˈʔas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧as

balaás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜀᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. rays of the sun during the morning

   Synonyms: sinag, lamuymoy, banaag, ligos

2. dawn; first light; daybreak

   Synonyms: bukang-liwayway, liwayway, (obsolete) mulias

   • 1946 [1896], José Rizal, “Ang Huling Paalam ni Rizal”, in Santiago Y. Cuino, transl., edited by Jaime Carlos Veyra, El último adiós de Rizal: estudio crítico-expositivo‎^[1], Biblioteca Nacional de Filipinas, translation of Mi Último Adiós (in Spanish), page 121:

     Kung panina sa balaas ay pula ang kailangan, ibuhos ang aking dugo, sa mabuting oras lamang […]

     [original: Si grana necesitas para teñir tu aurora, vierte la sangre mía, derrámala en buen hora […]]

     If crimson is needed as a dye to your dawn, pour my blood, at the right moment […]

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier