bingkag

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ŋ)kaʀ (“to open, as a fist; to blossom, of flowers; split open, break up, dismantle, demolish”). Compare Ilocano bekkag, Aklanon bungkag, Cebuano bungkag, Maranao bengkag, and Malay bengkar. See also Hiligaynon bingkal and Malay mekar.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biŋˈkaɡ/ [bɪŋˈkaɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: bing‧kag

Noun

bingkág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔)

  1. broken open by force

Derived terms

  • bingkagin
  • magbingkag

See also

Further reading

  • “bingkag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*be(ŋ)kaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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