balantugi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balanˈtuɡiʔ/ [bɐ.lɐn̪ˈt̪uː.ɣɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uɡiʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧lan‧tu‧gi

Noun

balantugì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜒ)

  1. rice grains wetted in preparation for cooking but had not been needed to be cooked, so were dried in the sun for cooking in the future
  2. lex talionis (law of equivalent retaliation)

Derived terms

  • balantugiin
  • ipagbalantugi
  • mabalantugi
  • pagkabalantugianan

See also

Further reading

  • balantugi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018