tingkad

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tincad — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tingkar — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiŋˈkad/ [tɪŋˈkad]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ting‧kad

Noun

tingkád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔)

1. brightness; saturation (of color)

   Synonym: katingkaran

2. (figurative) colorfulness (of one's career)
3. harshness; intensity (as of the sun's heat)

   Synonym: tindi

4. (obsolete) act of touching the bottom of the deep part with one's feet and stand stiff

Derived terms

• katingkaran
• magpatingkad
• maningkad
• matingkad
• napakatingkad
• patingkarin
• tingkaran
• tumingkad

 

Further reading

• “tingkad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018