lingkaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lingcao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 兩鉤／两钩 (liáng-kau, “a kind of scythe”), according to Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liŋˈkaw/ [lɪŋˈkaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ling‧kaw

Noun

lingkáw (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜏ᜔)

1. scythe

   Synonyms: karit, lilik

Related terms

• hikaw

 

Further reading

• “lingkaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 37