bigkis

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs. Compare Bikol Central bugkos, Cebuano bugkos, and Malay berkas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biɡˈkis/ [bɪɡˈkis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: big‧kis

Noun

bigkís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

1. girdle; abdominal band
2. bundle consisting of parts or units bound together

   Synonyms: tangkas, tungkos

3. (figurative) bond; union; unity

Derived terms

• bigkisan
• bigkisin
• bumigkis
• ibigkis
• mabigkis
• magbigkis
• pagbibigkis
• pagbigkis
• pambigkis
• pamigkis
• sambigkis

 

Further reading

• “bigkis” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bigkis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRkes”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI