asukal-bato

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === asocal bato — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From asukal +‎ bato. Possibly a partial calque of Spanish azúcar piedra. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌsukal baˈto/ [ʔɐˌsuː.xɐl bɐˈt̪o] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: a‧su‧kal-ba‧to === Noun === asukal-bató (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜆᜓ) (obsolete) rock sugar Synonym: asukal de-piyedra === References === San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 23: “Açucar piedra) Aſocal bato (pp) llaman la anſi, porq̃ como eſ dura tiene ſemejãça cõla piedra.”