tungko

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tung‧ko

Verb

tungko

1. to squat, to crouch

   Synonyms: gak-ang, iskwat, puk-ong, pungko, tuk-ong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tongco — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tungku. Compare Javanese ꦠꦸꦁꦏꦸ (tungku).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuŋˈkoʔ/ [tʊŋˈkoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tung‧ko

Noun

tungkô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. a kind of native stove with a trivet or tripod stone base (to hold a pot or other cooking containers)
2. tripod

   Synonym: tripode

Derived terms

• tungkong kalan
• tungkuan

 

See also

• kalan
• sigang

 

Further reading

• “tungko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “trivet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary