barong-bakal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

barongbacal – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧rong-ba‧kal

IPA^(key): /ˌbaɾoŋ ˈbakal/, [ˌba.ɾom ˈba.xɐl]

Noun

barong-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

(obsolete) coat of mail used by Castilians
Synonyms: baluti, kutamaya

References

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

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