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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
bungkal
- to dig up
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal and Cebuano bungkal. See also Cebuano bungkag and Malay bongkar.
Pronunciation
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.)
- Synonyms: hukay, paghukay, dukal, pagdukal, pagdudukal, halukay, kalkal
- ransacking
- Synonyms: halukay, paghalukay, halungkat, paghalungkat, paghahalungkat, tingkab, tungkab
- 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
See also
Further reading
- “bungkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buŋkal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI