"Balangit" is a word in HILIGAYNON

balángit - (H) The span of the
outstretched thumb and forefinger, the
distance between the tip of the extended

balangítaw – balatían
thumb and that of the extended forefinger;
to measure with the thumb-and-forefinger
span. Sókla ang kalaparón sang hénero
sang ímo balángit or balangíta ang
kalaparón sang hénero. Measure the
breadth of the cloth with your thumb-andforefinger-span. Balangíti pa sing isá.
Measure an additional—, add one—,
thumb-and-forefinger span. (cf. dángaw—
the span or space from the point of the
middle-finger to that of the thumb, when
both are stretched apart).