balantugi
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- balantogui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balanˈtuɡiʔ/ [bɐ.lɐn̪ˈt̪uː.ɣɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -uɡiʔ
- Syllabification: ba‧lan‧tu‧gi
Noun
balantugì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜒ)
- 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
- lex talionis (law of equivalent retaliation)
Derived terms
- balantugiin
- ipagbalantugi
- mabalantugi
- pagkabalantugianan
See also
- mata sa mata
- ngipin sa ngipin
- sinangag
Further reading
- “balantugi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018