barong-bakal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• barongbacal — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From baro (“clothing”) +‎ -ng- +‎ bakal (“iron”), literally “iron tunic”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɾoŋ ˈbakal/ [ˌbaː.ɾom ˈbaː.xɐl]
• Rhymes: -akal
• Syllabification: ba‧rong-ba‧kal

Noun

barong-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔) (obsolete)

1. coat of mail used by Castilians

   Synonyms: baluti, kutamaya

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 198: “Cota) Barongbacal (pp) de malla que [vſan los] caſtillas, duo dic: baro, bacal. |. ſayo de hierro”