batong-bakal
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- batumbakal
Etymology
From bato + -ng + bakal.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧tong-ba‧kal
- IPA(key): /baˌtoŋ ˈbakal/, [bɐˌtoŋ ˈba.xɐl]
Noun
batóng-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
- iron ore
- lodestone
- (geology) basalt
- Synonym: basalto
Further reading
- “batong-bakal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018