batong-dapi

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *batux

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu

Proto-Philippine *batu

Tagalog bato

Tagalog -ng

Tagalog -ng-

Tagalog dapi

Tagalog batong-dapi

From bato + -ng- + dapi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˌtoŋ daˈpiʔ/ [bɐˌt̪on̪ d̪ɐˈpɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧tong-da‧pi

Noun

batóng-dapî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜉᜒ)

1. a kind of white hard stone

See also

• marmol

Further reading

• “batong-dapi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “batong-dapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Imprenta de Ramírez y Giraudier [Ramirez & Giraudier Press], →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 105