balintataw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balintatao — chiefly dialectal
• balintatauo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• balintatawo — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Cauredup.

Proto-Austronesian *Cau Cau

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau tau

Proto-Philippine *tau-tauder.

Tagalog balintataw

Derived from Proto-Philippine *tau-tau (“pupil (eye)”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau Cau, reduplication of *Cau. Compare Ilocano tao-tao, Kapampangan telataung-mata / balintatau, Central Bikol alintataw / tatawo, Cebuano tawo-tawo, and Tausug tau-tau mata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balintaˈtaw/ [bɐ.lɪn̪.t̪ɐˈt̪aʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ba‧lin‧ta‧taw

Noun

balintatáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔) (anatomy)

1. pupil (hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

   Synonyms: inla, alikmata, tao-tao

Derived terms

• bahay-balintataw

Related terms

• katawan
• tao

See also

• alintataw
• bata-bataan
• busilig
• tataw

Further reading

• “balintataw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 90
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 443: “Niña) Balintatavo (pc) del ojo la grande”