alkansiya

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish alcancía.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alkansiya.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansíya

  1. money box, piggy bank

Maranao

Etymology

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansiya

  1. safe deposit box

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía, from Andalusian Arabic *الكنزية (al-kanzíyya), ultimately from Arabic كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalkansiˈa/, [ʔɐl.kɐnˈʃa]
    • IPA(key): /ʔalkanˈsia/, [ʔɐl.kɐnˈsi.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -a, -ia
  • Syllabification: al‧kan‧si‧ya

Noun

alkansiyá or alkansiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. piggy bank; money box (or any kind of coin container)
    Synonyms: (Marinduque) bungkugan, (Marinduque) bungbong

Further reading
  • “alkansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank
    Synonyms: baung-baung, tumpung

Yakan

Alternative forms
  • alakansiya

Etymology

From Spanish alcancía.

Noun

alkansiya

  1. piggy bank
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