tangkal
Bikol Central
Noun
tangkál
- a pigsty
Indonesian
Etymology
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Verb
tangkal
- to push away
- to block off
Sundanese
Romanization
tangkal
- Romanization of ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪
Noun
tangkal (tangkal)
- tree
- tree-shrub
- trunk (of a tree)
- stem (of a plant)
- (rice, tea, tobacco, etc.) plant
- hassock (of grasses)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tangcal – obsolete
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central tangkal (“pigsty”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tang‧kal
- IPA(key): /taŋˈkal/, [tɐŋˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- coop; hencoop; chicken coop
- Synonyms: kulungan, hawla
- (dialectal, colloquial) prison
- Synonym: bilangguan
- (obsolete) carving of wood to smooth it out
- Alternative form of takal
Derived terms
- itangkal
- magtangkal
- magtatangkal
- nakatangkal
- pagtangkalan
- pagtatangkal
- pagtatangkalin
- tangkalan
- tangkalin
- tumangkal
Adjective
tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)
- kept confined in a coop (of fowl)
- Synonym: nakatangkal
Further reading
- “tangkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- “tangkal” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.