angkas

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ang‧kas

Noun

angkas

  1. the person riding in the pillion

Verb

angkas

  1. (horse, cattle, motorcycling, bicycle, moped) to ride pillion
  2. to hitch a ride
  3. to take someone for a ride

Ilocano

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Spanish ancas, plural of anca (“haunch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈkas/
  • Hyphenation: ang‧kas

Noun

angkás

  1. haunch of a horse
  2. croup; load

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from the following:

Compare Aklanon angkas and Tausug angkas.

Pronunciation

Adjective

angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. riding together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
    Synonym: (dialectal) suno

Derived terms

Noun

angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. ride together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
  2. people riding in this manner

Further reading

  • “angkas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “angkas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 40.
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 18
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 33
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aŋkás”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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