Talang Bakero

Tagalog

Etymology

From tala (star) +‎ -ng +‎ bakero (cowherd). Possible loose calque of Spanish estrella del pastor (the shepherd's star).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌtalaŋ baˈkeɾo/ [ˌt̪aː.lɐm bɐˈxɛː.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: Ta‧lang Ba‧ke‧ro

Proper noun

Talang Bakero (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜃᜒᜇᜓ) (astronomy)

  1. The Shepherd's Star, an alternate name for Venus
    Synonyms: tala, lusero

See also

Further reading

  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1889), Diccionario hispano-tagálog. Primera parte. (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Binondo, Manila: Estab. tipográfico “La Opinión”, á cargo de G. Bautista., page 345:LUCERO. m. Talang bakero; o tanglaw daga
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1245
  • Ramon-Joaquin Dominguez (1848), Diccionario nacional o gran diccionario clasico de la lengua espanola (etc.) 3. ed. por Mellado[1] (in Spanish), Mellado
  • Dante L. Ambrosio (2005), “BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino”, in Philippine Social Sciences Review[2], volume 57, Quezon City: University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, pages 1-27