bangkiyaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bangcqiao, bangcquiau, banquiao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bangkyaw — nonstandard

Etymology

Structurally possibly Hokkien Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baŋkiˈaw/ [bɐŋˈkjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: bang‧ki‧yaw

Noun

bangkiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. torn woven mat used as a sort of waving flag placed in a field of grain to scare birds away

Derived terms

• bangkiyawin
• ipagbangkiyaw
• magbangkiyaw
• pagbangkiyawan

 

See also

• balyan
• panakot

 

Further reading

• “bangkiyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 128
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 593: “Vandera) Bangcqiao (pc) [con que] eſpantan pajaros es de petate y cuelgan della vnos palillos que ſuenan ſi la menea el ayre y anſi hoyen las aues”