bungkas

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare bungkag.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bung‧kas

Verb

bungkas

1. to unstitch; to take out stitches from

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuŋkas/ [ˈbuŋ.kas]
• Rhymes: -uŋkas
• Syllabification: bung‧kas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bungkas.

Adjective

bungkas (comparative lebih bungkas, superlative paling bungkas)

1. uprooted

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ngaju [Term?].

Verb

bungkas

1. to rupture or explode due to pressure from within [since 2024]

Etymology 3

From Tenggalan

Noun

bungkas (plural bungkas-bungkas)

1. boar tusk bead [since 2025]

Etymology 4

Inherited from Malay [Term?] (Kalimantan Malay).

Adjective

bungkas (comparative lebih bungkas, superlative paling bungkas)

1. difficult to weave because it is too hard so the weave comes apart easily (about rattan) [since 2025]

Further reading

• “bungkas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016