Talang Bakero

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Ta‧lang Ba‧ke‧ro
  • IPA(key): /ˌtalaŋ baˈkeɾo/, [ˌta.lɐm bɐˈxɛ.ɾo]

Proper noun

Talang Bakero (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜃᜒᜇᜓ)

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

See also

Further reading
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog‎, Manila, page 345: “LUCERO. m. Talang bakero; o tanglaw daga”.
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1245.
  • Ramon-Joaquin Dominguez (1848) Diccionario nacional o gran diccionario clasico de la lengua espanola (etc.) 3. ed. por Mellado‎, Mellado
  • Dante L. Ambrosio (2005), “BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino”, in Philippine Social Sciences Review‎, volume 57, Quezon City: University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, pages 1-27
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