bungkal

== Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bung‧kal === Verb === bungkal to dig up == Tagalog == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal, Cebuano bungkal, Tiruray bungkal, and Balinese bungkal. See also Malay bongkar. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋˈkal/ [bʊŋˈkal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: bung‧kal === Noun === bungkál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔) tilling of soil; tillage (for planting, especially by plowing) Synonyms: pag-araro, pag-aararo act of digging or turning over soil (with a trowel, hoe, etc.) Synonyms: hukay, paghukay, dukal, pagdukal, pagdudukal, halukay, kalkal ransacking Synonyms: halukay, paghalukay, halungkat, paghalungkat, paghahalungkat, tingkab, tungkab makeshift roof added to the side of the house as a temporary dining space for guests during special occasions Synonyms: habong, kubol, langit-langitan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “bungkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buŋkal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI