kalkal
Ibaloi
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalkal/, [kɐl.kɐl]
- Hyphenation: kal‧kal
Noun
kalkal
- momma (combination of betel nut, betel leaf, and lime powder, plus other ingredients chewed by Igorots and other Austronesian tribes)
- Wara'y kalkal mo?
- Do you have a momma?
Verb
kalkal (Future tense kalkalen, Past tense kinalkal, Present tense pankalkala)
- to chew momma, to chew something
- Kalkal mo'n shili say egka mesinnekan.
- Chew it good, for you not to be choked.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qalqal/, [qɐl.qɐl]
- Hyphenation: kal‧kal
Verb
kalkal (Future tense kalkalen, Past tense kinalkal, Present tense pankalkala)
- to dig; to dig deeper
- Kalkal mo'y bu-day, baka eta-bukan.
- Dig the ground, it might have been buried.
- to search thoroughly
- Kalkal mo ga shita kampit ko.
- Search it thoroughly in my bag.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalˈkal/ [kɐlˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: kal‧kal
Noun
kalkál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- act of gently scratching something using the hands or fingernails
- act of thoroughly searching for something
Derived terms
- kalkalin
- kumalkal
- magkalkal