balat-buwaya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From balat (“skin”) +‎ buwaya (“crocodile”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌlat buˈaja/ [bɐˌlat̪ ˈbwaː.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: ba‧lat-bu‧wa‧ya

Noun

balát-buwaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜌ)

  1. crocodile skin
  2. (figurative) small scattered clouds
  3. (botany) false coffee tree (Utania volubilis)

Further reading

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