bibingka

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English

Etymology

From Tagalog bibingka or Cebuano bibingka, from Malay bingka (cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar).

Noun

bibingka (plural bibingkas)

  1. A rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay bingka (cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar) with initial reduplication.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧bing‧ka
  • IPA(key): /biˈbiŋka/

Noun

bibingka

  1. a rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves
  2. (humorous) the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Quotations

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Malay bingka (cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar) with initial reduplication.

Noun

bibíngka

  1. cake (a baked, small rice cake)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bingka (cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar) with initial reduplication. The genitalia sense is a semantic loan from Cebuano bibingka (female genitalia). Compare Tausug bibingka, Philippine Spanish vivinca, Macanese bebinca.

Pronunciation

Noun

bibingka or bibingká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

  1. bibingka (rice cake made from rice, coconut, and grated coconut, and wrapped in coconut leaves)
  2. (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
    Synonym: puke

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