angkas
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ang‧kas
Noun edit
angkas
- the person riding in the pillion
Verb edit
angkas
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Spanish ancas, plural of anca (“haunch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
angkás
Derived terms edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Spanish ancas, plural of anca (“haunch”), or inherited from Proto-Philippine *aŋkás. Compare Aklanon angkas and Tausug angkas.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈkas/, [ʔɐŋˈkas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ang‧kas
Adjective edit
angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)
- riding together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
- Synonym: (dialectal) suno
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)
- ride together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
- people riding in this manner
Further reading edit
- “angkas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018