balana

balana f (genitive balanae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. alternative form of balanus
   • 200s, Quintus Gargilius Martialis De pomis seu medicina ex pomis 20 ed. Angelo Mai Operis deperditi de hortis Fragmenta ex codicibus Neapolitano et Romano cum scholiis palaeographicis et adnotationibus Rome 1846 p. 76 = Classici auctores e Vaticanicis codicibus editi. Tomus III Rome 1831 p. 423

     Balanarum glandes virides stringunt, coctae minus indigestionem faciunt.

     Fresh oak nuts constrict, cooked ones cause less indigestion.

First-declension noun.

From bala (“every; each”) +‎ na.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalana/ [ˌbaː.lɐˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -alana
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧na

bálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

1. anyone; anybody

   Synonym: sinuman

bálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

1. the public; the people

   Synonyms: madla, taong-bayan, publiko

• balarila

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlanaʔ/ [bɐˈlaː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧na

balanà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

1. repeated exposure to heat
2. (by extension) exposure to infrared rays (as part of medical treatment)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈnaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧na

balanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

1. half-cooked vegetable
2. a kind of forest vine

• “balana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• balaan