bungkal

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bung‧kal

Verb

bungkal

  1. to dig up

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal, Cebuano bungkal, Tiruray bungkal, and Balinese bungkal. See also Malay bongkar.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋˈkal/ [bʊŋˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bung‧kal

Noun

bungkál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

  1. tilling of soil; tillage (for planting, especially by plowing)
    Synonyms: pag-araro, pag-aararo
  2. act of digging or turning over soil (with a trowel, hoe, etc.)
    Synonyms: hukay, paghukay, dukal, pagdukal, pagdudukal, halukay, kalkal
  3. ransacking
    Synonyms: halukay, paghalukay, halungkat, paghalungkat, paghahalungkat, tingkab, tungkab
  4. makeshift roof added to the side of the house as a temporary dining space for guests during special occasions
    Synonyms: habong, kubol, langit-langitan

Derived terms

  • bumungkal
  • bungkalin
  • di-nabubungkal
  • pagbubungkal

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
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