sangkalan

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

sangkalan

1. ring worn on finger

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋˈkalan/ [sɐŋˈkaː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: sang‧ka‧lan

Noun

sangkalan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)

1. chopping block; chopping board

   Synonym: tadtaran

2. (figurative) mere excuse; mere pretext

   Synonym: dahilan

Derived terms

• isangkalan
• magsangkalan
• sangkalanan
• sangkalanin
• sumangkalan

 

Etymology 2

From sangkal +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋkaˈlan/ [sɐŋ.kɐˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sang‧ka‧lan

Verb

sangkalán (complete sinangkalan, progressive sinasangkalan, contemplative sasangkalan, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)

1. to have one's breasts hardened due to overaccumulation of milk (of a nursing mother)

   Sinangkalan ang nanay ng suso.

   The mother had her breast hardened due to overaccumulated milk.

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for sangkalan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	sangkal		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
sangkalan	sinangkalan	sinasangkalan inasangkalan1	sasangkalan asangkalan1	sangkali1
1 Dialectal use only.