bangkuta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bangcota, bancota — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bankuta — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baŋˈkutaʔ/ [bɐŋˈku.tɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -utaʔ
• Syllabification: bang‧ku‧ta

Noun

bangkutà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ)

1. a species of large squid; cuttlefish
2. coral reef or rock just below water level

See also

• pugita
• pusit

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 128
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 99.
• 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