magbabakal
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡbabaˈkal/ [mɐɡ.bɐ.bɐˈxal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mag‧ba‧ba‧kal
Noun
magbabakál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
- blacksmith; metalworker
- (informal) person who sells scrap metal; iron dealer
Etymology 2
From mag- + bakal (“stave for planting seeds”), from an initial reduplication of bakal.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡbaˈbakal/ [mɐɡ.bɐˈba.xɐl]
- Rhymes: -akal
- Syllabification: mag‧ba‧ba‧kal
Verb
magbabakal (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜃᜎ᜔)
- contemplative aspect of magbakal (“to plant (seeds or seedlings) with a stave”)
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