tangkal
Bikol Central edit
Noun edit
tangkál
- a pigsty
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tangkal
- to push away
- to block off
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
tangkal
- Romanization of ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪
Noun edit
tangkal (tangkal)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Bikol Central tangkal (“pigsty”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- coop; hencoop; chicken coop
- (dialectal, colloquial) prison
- Synonym: bilangguan
- (obsolete) carving of wood to smooth it out
- Alternative form of takal
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- kept confined in a coop (of fowl)
- Synonym: nakatangkal