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Tagalog
Etymology
Structurally possibly Hokkien Chinese.
Pronunciation
Noun
bangkiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)
- torn woven mat used as a sort of waving flag placed in a field of grain to scare birds away
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Further reading
- “bangkiyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 128
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 593: “Vandera) Bangcqiao (pc) [con que] eſpantan pajaros es de petate y cuelgan della vnos palillos que ſuenan ſi la menea el ayre y anſi hoyen las aues”