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 and Cebuano bungkal. See also Cebuano bungkag and 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

• bukadkad

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