bungkal
Cebuano
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: bung‧kal
Verb
editbungkal
- to dig up
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal and Cebuano bungkal. See also Cebuano bungkag and Malay bongkar.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋˈkal/ [bʊŋˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bung‧kal
Noun
editbungkál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- tilling of soil; tillage (for planting, especially by plowing)
- Synonyms: pag-araro, pag-aararo
- act of digging or turning over soil (with a trowel, hoe, etc.)
- ransacking
- Synonyms: halukay, paghalukay, halungkat, paghalungkat, paghahalungkat, tingkab, tungkab
- makeshift roof added to the side of the house as a temporary dining space for guests during special ocassions
- Synonyms: habong, kubol, langit-langitan
Derived terms
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editCategories:
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano verbs
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/al
- Rhymes:Tagalog/al/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script