tangkal

Bikol Central

Noun

tangkál

1. a pigsty

Indonesian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tangkal

1. to push away
2. to block off

Sundanese

Romanization

tangkal

1. Romanization of ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪

Noun

tangkal (tangkal)

1. tree
2. tree-shrub
3. trunk (of a tree)
4. stem (of a plant)
5. (rice, tea, tobacco, etc.) plant
6. hassock (of grasses)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tangcal — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Bikol Central tangkal (“pigsty”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [t̪ɐŋˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tang‧kal

Noun

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. coop; hencoop; chicken coop

   Synonyms: kulungan, hawla, manukan

2. (dialectal, colloquial) prison

   Synonym: bilangguan

3. (obsolete) carving of wood to smooth it out
4. Alternative form of takal

Derived terms

• itangkal
• magtangkal
• magtatangkal
• nakatangkal
• pagtangkalan
• pagtatangkal
• pagtatangkalin
• tangkalan
• tangkalin
• tumangkal

 

Adjective

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. kept confined in a coop (of fowl)

   Synonym: nakatangkal

Further reading

• “tangkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “tangkal”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024