alkansiya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun

alkansiya

1. piggy bank

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alkansiya.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansíya

1. money box, piggy bank

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansiya

1. safe deposit box

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alkansia — dated
• alkansya — superseded, pre-2007
• arkansiya — Marinduque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Median *ganǰamder.

Arabic كَنْز (kanz)

Andalusian Arabicder.

Spanish alcancíabor.

Tagalog alkansiya

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic كَنْز (kanz), from Old Median *ganǰam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkansiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐn̪ˈʃa], /ʔalkanˈsia/ [ʔɐl.kɐn̪ˈsiː.ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔalkansiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐn̪ˈsja]
• Rhymes: -a, -ia
• Syllabification: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun

alkansiyá or alkansiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. piggy bank; money box (or any kind of coin container)

   Synonyms: (Batangas) tibuyo, (Marinduque) bungkugan, (Marinduque) bungbong

See also

• bao
• bumbong
• tanggunggong

Further reading

• “alkansiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alkansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• salakayin

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔalkansia/ [ʔɑl.k̠ɑn̪ˈsja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun

alkansiya (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلْكَنْسِيَ)

1. piggy bank

   Synonyms: baung-baung, tumpung

Yakan

Alternative forms

• alakansiya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansiya

1. piggy bank