Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish alcancía.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun edit

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alkansiya.

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun edit

alkansíya

  1. money box, piggy bank

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun edit

alkansiya

  1. safe deposit box

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía, from Andalusian Arabic *الكنزية (al-kanzíyya), ultimately from Arabic كَنْز (kanz, treasure).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alkansiyá or alkansiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. piggy bank; money box (or any kind of coin container)
    Synonyms: (Marinduque) bungkugan, (Marinduque) bungbong

Further reading edit

  • alkansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Noun edit

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank
    Synonyms: baung-baung, tumpung

Yakan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun edit

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank