bungkal
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bung‧kal
Verb
bungkal
- to dig up
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal and Cebuano bungkal. See also Cebuano bungkag and Malay bongkar.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋˈkal/ [bʊŋˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bung‧kal
Noun
bungkál (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
- 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
- bumungkal
- bungkalin
- di-nabubungkal
- pagbubungkal
See also
Further reading
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