batingting

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from the following:

From Proto-Philippine *batiŋtiŋ (“ringing sound, as of a bell”)
From Spanish batintín (“Chinese gong”)
From Chinese [Term?]

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /batiŋˈtiŋ/ [bɐ.tɪnˈtiŋ]
Rhymes: -iŋ
Syllabification: ba‧ting‧ting

Noun

batingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

(music) triangle
(slang) device used to tamper a taxi meter

See also

Further reading

“batingting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*batiŋtiŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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