barong-bakal
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From baro (“clothing”) + -ng- + bakal (“iron”), literally “iron tunic”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barong-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔) (obsolete)
- coat of mail used by Castilians
References[edit]
- 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”