tungkab

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tingkab

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tu(ŋ)kab (cf. Cebuano tukab, Pangasinan tongkab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuŋˈkab/ [t̪ʊŋˈkab̚]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: tung‧kab

Adjective

tungkáb (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜊ᜔)

1. dislodged; forced out of position (e.g. a big rock from a mountain side)
2. forced open; jimmied open (as of a lock)

   Synonym: destrungkado

Derived terms

• matungkab
• pagkatungkab
• pagtungkab
• tumungkab
• tungkaban
• tungkabin

 

Noun

tungkáb (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜊ᜔)

1. act of dislodging; act of forcing out of place

   Synonyms: pagtungkab, pagkatungkab

2. act of detaching or opening forcibly (as of a lock)

   Synonym: destrungka