naptalina

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naftalina.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nap‧ta‧li‧na

Noun

naptalina

  1. mothball
  2. naphthalene

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naftalina, from French naphtaline, from English naphthalene.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /naptaˈlina/ [n̪ɐp.t̪ɐˈliː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: nap‧ta‧li‧na

Noun

naptalina (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜉ᜔ᜆᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. naphthalene

See also

Further reading

  • naptalina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968) Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 297