barong-barong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• barongbarong
• barungbarong, barung-barong, barumbarong
• balongbalong — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɾoŋ ˈbaɾoŋ/ [ˌbaː.ɾom ˈbaː.ɾoŋ]
• Rhymes: -aɾoŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧rong-ba‧rong

Noun

barong-barong (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔)

1. hovel; small, mean house; shanty; makeshift shack

   Synonyms: kubo-kubuhan, kubo, dampa, amak

Further reading

• “barong-barong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “barong-barong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 16
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier