balat-buwaya

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === balat boaya — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling balat-buaya === Etymology === From balat (“skin”) +‎ buwaya (“crocodile”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌlat buˈaja/ [bɐˌlat̪ ˈbwaː.jɐ] Rhymes: -aja Syllabification: ba‧lat-bu‧wa‧ya === Noun === balát-buwaya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜌ) crocodile skin (figurative) small scattered clouds (botany) false coffee tree (Utania volubilis) === Further reading === “balat-buwaya”, 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…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.