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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)
- 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
- a rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves
- (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
- 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)
- bibingka (rice cake made from rice, coconut, and grated coconut, and wrapped in coconut leaves)
- (vulgar, slang) female genitalia
- Synonym: puke
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