peldespato

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish feldespato (“feldspar”), from German Feldspat.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peldesˈpato/ [pɛl.d̪ɛsˈpaː.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: pel‧des‧pa‧to

Noun

peldespato (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜆᜓ) (mineralogy)

  1. feldspar

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 277
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