bangkuta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bangcota, bancota — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
bankuta — obsolete

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baŋˈkutaʔ/ [bɐŋˈku.tɐʔ]
Rhymes: -utaʔ
Syllabification: bang‧ku‧ta

Noun

bangkutà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ)

a species of large squid; cuttlefish
coral reef or rock just below water level

See also

Further reading

Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 128
Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 99.
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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