bibingka

English

Two bibingkas with customary toppings of cheese, grated coconut, muscovado sugar, and salted egg

Etymology

From Tagalog bibingka, from Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and palm sugar”), as in Malay kuih bingka. See also Indonesian kue bingka, Macanese bebinca.

Noun

bibingka (countable and uncountable, plural bibingkas)

1. A rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves.
   • 2025 January 25, Michael Klein, “Long-awaited Filipino destination finally has an opening date”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 195, number 239, Philadelphia, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B9, columns 1 and 4:

     Nearly two years after starting work on their century-old building on Girard Avenue […] the lechon sisig bowls, ensaymada, and bibingka are expected to roll out of the kitchen starting Feb. 8. […] Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese; […]

Further reading

• bibingka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication, as in Malay kuih bingka.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧bing‧ka
• IPA^(key): /biˈbiŋka/ [bɪˈbiŋ.kɐ]

Noun

bibingka

1. bibingka (a rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves)
2. (humorous) the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bibingka.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication, as in Malay kuih bingka.

Noun

bibíngka

1. cake (a baked, small rice cake)

Tagalog

Isang karaniwang bibingka ("A common bibingka")

Alternative forms

• bibinca, bibingca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• bibinka — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication, as in Malay kuih bingka. The genitalia sense is a semantic loan from Cebuano bibingka (“female genitalia”). Compare Indonesian kue bingka, Macanese bebinca, Cebuano bibingka, Hiligaynon bibingka, Tausug bibingka, Philippine Spanish vivinca / bibinca.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bibiŋˈka/ [bɪ.bɪŋˈka], /biˈbiŋka/ [bɪˈbiŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -iŋka
• Syllabification: bi‧bing‧ka

Noun

bibingká or bibingka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

1. bibingka (rice cake made from rice, coconut, and grated coconut, and wrapped in coconut leaves)
2. (Rizal) biko (type of rice cake)

   Synonyms: biko, sinukmani, sukmani, bibingkang malagkit

3. (vulgar, slang) female genitalia

   Synonym: puke

Derived terms

• bibingkahan
• bibingkang malagkit
• bibingkera

Further reading

• “bibingka”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bibingka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 121