tangkal

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Tagalog tangkal (“coop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [taŋˈkal̪]
• Hyphenation: tang‧kal

Noun

tangkál (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. pigpen, pigsty

Derived terms

• magtangkal
• tangkalon

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay تڠکل (tangkal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.kal/, [ˈt̪aŋ.kal]
• Rhymes: -kal
• Hyphenation: tang‧kal

Verb

tangkal

1. to push away
2. to block off
3. to deter
4. (immigration) to restrict entry

Derived terms

• ditangkal
• ditangkalkan
• menangkal
• menangkalkan
• penangkal
• penangkalan
• tertangkal

Further reading

• “tangkal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sundanese

Romanization

tangkal

1. Romanization of ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪

Noun

tangkal (tangkal)

1. tree
2. tree-shrub
3. trunk (of a tree)
4. stem (of a plant)
5. (rice, tea, tobacco, etc.) plant
6. hassock (of grasses)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tangcal — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *taŋkal (“coop, as for chickens; pen, as for pigs”). Compare Bikol Central tangkal (“pigsty”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈkal/ [t̪ɐŋˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tang‧kal

Noun

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. coop; hencoop; chicken coop

   Synonyms: kulungan, hawla, manukan

2. (dialectal, colloquial) prison

   Synonym: bilangguan

3. (obsolete) carving of wood to smooth it out
4. Alternative form of takal

Derived terms

• itangkal
• magtangkal
• magtatangkal
• nakatangkal
• pagtangkalan
• pagtatangkal
• pagtatangkalin
• tangkalan
• tangkalin
• tumangkal

Adjective

tangkál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. kept confined in a coop (of fowl)

   Synonym: nakatangkal

Further reading

• “tangkal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “tangkal”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025