pakil

See also: Pakil

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Hanunoo pakol, Central Bikol pakol, Cebuano pakol, Hiligaynon pakol, and Waray-Waray pakol. See also Maranao pakal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpakil/ [ˈpaː.xɪl]
  • Rhymes: -akil
  • Syllabification: pa‧kil
  • Homophone: Pakil

Noun

pakil (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜎ᜔) (dialectal, Mindoro, Quezon, Marinduque)

  1. Musa acuminata subsp. errans (a type of wild banana with many seeds)
    Synonyms: butuan, balayang, saging-matsing, saging-tsonggo, saging ng unggoy, (Quezon) alinsanay, (Quezon) pik-iw, saging-na-ligaw
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