angkas

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ang‧kas

Noun

angkas

  1. the person riding in the pillion

Verb

angkas

  1. (horse, cattle, motorcycling, bicycle, moped) to ride pillion
  2. to hitch a ride
  3. to take someone for a ride

Ilocano

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Spanish ancas, plural of anca (“haunch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈkas/, [ʔɐŋˈkas]
  • Hyphenation: ang‧kas

Noun

angkás

  1. haunch of a horse
  2. croup; load

Derived terms
  • yangkas

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Spanish ancas, plural of anca (“haunch”), or inherited from Proto-Philippine *aŋkás. Compare Aklanon angkas and Tausug angkas.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈkas/ [ʔɐŋˈkas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: ang‧kas

Adjective

angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. riding together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
    Synonym: (dialectal) suno

Derived terms
  • angkasan
  • iangkas
  • ipag-angkas
  • kaangkas
  • mag-angkas
  • magpaangkas
  • makiangkas
  • paangkasin
  • umangkas

Noun

angkás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)

  1. ride together on the same vehicle or horseback (mostly vehicles where one needs to straddle)
  2. people riding in this manner

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