mungkahi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bongcahi, moncahi, mongcahi, pongcahi — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bungkahi, pungkahi
• munkahi

Etymology

According to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860), the variant pungkahi is the same with pungka, which is said to be of Chinese origin. Possibly from Hokkien 旁敲 (pông-khà, “sidestrike”) according to Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muŋˈkahiʔ/ [mʊŋˈkaː.hɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ahiʔ
• Syllabification: mung‧ka‧hi

Noun

mungkahì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜒ)

1. suggestion; proposal

   Synonym: suhestiyon

2. motion or proposition for discussion in a meeting or assembly

   Synonyms: panukala, masyon, resolusyon, proposisyon

3. (obsolete) incitation; provocation; exhortation

   Synonyms: buyo, himok, hikayat, kumbinsi, ulok, tukso

Derived terms

• imungkahi
• ipagmungkahi
• ipamungkahi
• magmungkahi
• mamungkahi
• mungkahiin
• pagmungkahian
• pamungkahi

Related terms

• pungka

Further reading

• “mungkahi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 837.
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 45