alkansiya
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧kan‧si‧ya
Noun edit
alkansiya
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alkansiya.
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
alkansíya
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
alkansiya
- 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
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -a, -ia
- Syllabification: al‧kan‧si‧ya
Noun edit
alkansiyá or alkansiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)
- piggy bank; money box (or any kind of coin container)
Further reading edit
- “alkansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.
Noun edit
alkansiya
- piggy bank
- Synonyms: baung-baung, tumpung
Yakan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
alkansiya