bingkag

== Tagalog == === Etymology === 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/ [bɪŋˈkaɡ̚] Rhymes: -aɡ Syllabification: bing‧kag === Noun === bingkág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔) broken open by force ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === 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