bating-tao

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• batin tauo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bating-tawo — obsolete
• batintao, batintawo — obsolete

Etymology

Possibly from bati (“evil eye”) +‎ -ng- +‎ tao (“person”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbatiŋ ˈtaʔo/ [ˌbaː.tɪn ˈtaː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: ba‧ting-ta‧o

Noun

bating-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ) (obsolete)

1. charm; spell

Derived terms

• mabating-tao
• mamamating-tao

 

See also

• gaway
• gayuma

 

Further reading

• “bating-tao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 213