balabagan deriv nThe direction that is crosswise to the sun, North or South.balabagan. South (or north); crosswise to east and west. [Prior to knowing other terms for North or South, the two directions were distinguished by adding “upriver” to the term to mean North or “crosswise downriver”to mean “south”. Or a person may distinguish between North and South by saying balabagan“to the left” or balabagan“to the right” so the direction could be either north or south depending on which direction one is facing.]
balagagag nOffspring of edible bakbak frog.[Specifically the offspring of the edible bakbak frog. Name does not apply to offspring of other frogs.] see: bakbak.
balakayu n1A kind of bamboo, used for flutes (saguysuy, poluondag and to make lupit scrapers.[dark green, about 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter.; used to make an instrument for smoothing of wood or bamboo called banus.] 2Kind of rice.3A zither (kobbiung) tune.