bingkag

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bə(ŋ)kaʀ (“to open, as a fist; to blossom, of flowers; split open, break up, dismantle, demolish”). Compare Ilocano bekkag, Aklanon bungkag, Cebuano bungkag, Maranao bengkag, and Malay bengkar. See also Hiligaynon bingkal and Malay mekar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biŋˈkaɡ/ [bɪŋˈk̠aɡ̠̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: bing‧kag

Noun

bingkág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔)

1. broken open by force

Derived terms

• bingkagin
• magbingkag

See also

• bukad
• tingkab

Further reading

• “bingkag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*be(ŋ)kaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI