tangkal

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Tagalog tangkal (“coop”).

• IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [taŋˈkal̪]
• Hyphenation: tang‧kal

tangkál (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. pigpen, pigsty

Inherited from Malay تڠکل (tangkal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.kal/, [ˈt̪aŋ.kal]
• Rhymes: -kal
• Hyphenation: tang‧kal

tangkal

1. to push away
2. to block off
3. to deter
4. (immigration) to restrict entry

• “tangkal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”).

• IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [tʌŋˈk̠ʌl]
  • Rhymes: -al
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /taŋˈkar/ [tʌŋˈk̠ʌr]
  • Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: tang‧kal

tangkál

1. bird cage; coop

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tangkál”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 456

tangkal (Sundanese script ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪)

1. tree
2. tree-shrub
3. trunk (of a tree)
4. stem (of a plant)
5. (rice, tea, tobacco, etc.) plant
6. hassock (of grasses)

• tangcal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Bikol Central tangkal (“pigsty”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [t̪ɐŋˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tang‧kal

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. coop; hencoop; chicken coop

   Synonyms: kulungan, hawla, manukan

2. (dialectal, colloquial) prison

   Synonym: bilangguan

3. (obsolete) carving of wood to smooth it out
4. alternative form of takal

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. kept confined in a coop (of fowl)

   Synonym: nakatangkal

• “tangkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “tangkal”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025