bibingka

English

Etymology

From Tagalog bibingka or Cebuano bibingka, from Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”).

Noun

bibingka (plural bibingkas)

1. A rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧bing‧ka
• IPA^(key): /biˈbiŋka/, [bɪˈbiŋ.kʌ]

Noun

bibingka

1. a rice cake made using rice flour, sugar and coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves
2. (humorous) the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bibingka.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication.

Noun

bibíngka

1. cake (a baked, small rice cake)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bingka (“cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, eggs and plum sugar”) with initial reduplication. The genitalia sense is borrowed from Cebuano bibingka (“female genitalia”). Compare Tausug bibingka and Philippine Spanish vivinca.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈbiŋka/ [bɪˈbiŋ.kɐ], /bibiŋˈka/ [bɪ.bɪŋˈka]
• Rhymes: -iŋka, -a
• Syllabification: bi‧bing‧ka

Noun

bibingka or bibingká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

1. bibingka (rice cake made from rice, coconut, and grated coconut, and wrapped in coconut leaves)
2. (vulgar, slang) female genitalia

   Synonym: puke

Derived terms

• bibingkahan